Arnottia inermis (Thouars) S.Moore 1877 Drawing by © Thouars and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name The Naked Arnottia

Flower Size

Found in Mauritius as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with 1 to 2, plicate, 3 nerved, elliptic, obtuse leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, several to many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Amphorkis inermis Thouars 1822; Ophrys dubia Thouars 1822; Rodriguezia mascarenensis Spreng. 1826

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Amphorkis inermis drawing fide; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids 1965

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