Flickingeria ritaeana (King & Pantl.) A.D.Hawkes 1965

Side View of Flower

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Pierre Bonnet from the Orchis project website

Common Name Rita's Flikingeria

Flower Size

Found in Assam, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam at elevations of 550 to 1100 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring and fall

Synonyms *Dendrobium ritaeanum King & Pantl. 1897; Desmotrichum ritaeanum (King & Pantl.) Kraenzl. 1910; Ephemerantha ritaeana (King & Pantl.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1961

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Nepal Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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