Macropodanthus alatus (Holttum) Seidenf. & Garay 1988 Photo by © Karel & Alex Petrzelka and the Vietnam Orchid Website

Common Name The Winged Macropodanthus

Flower Size

Found in the Andaman Islands, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam at elevations around 1350 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with fleshy, bilobed with acute convergent point leaves that blooms on a pendulous, to 14" [to 35 cm] long, to 25 flowered inflorescence with the fragrant flowers facing all directions.

Synonyms Macropodanthus tridentatus Seidenf. 1988; Pteroceras alatum (Holttum) Holttum 1960; *Sarcochilus alatus Holttum 1953

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992; The Orchids of Penninsular Malysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 as Macropodanthus tridentatus