Sarcophyton crassifolium (Lindl. & Paxton) Garay 1972 Photo by A Mueller and The Swiss Orchid Foundations at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Spring

Common Name The Thick Leaved Sarcophyton

Flower Size 1/4" [.6 cm]

Found in Myanamar? and the Philippines? as a miniature epiphyte with fleshy, grooved, curved, stiff, leathery leaves that blooms in the spring on a short, axillary, paniculate, densely many flowered inflorescence with drooping branches

Synonyms Acampe crassifolia (Lindl. & Paxton) Szlach. 2003; Cleisostoma crassifolium Lindl. & Paxton 1852-3; Sarcanthus crassifolius (Lindl. & Paxton) J.J.Sm. 1912;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as Cleisostoma crassifolium; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;

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