Malleola bicruris (J.J.Sm.) Garay 1972
Photos by © Art Vogel
Common Name or Meaning The Two Limbed Malleola [refers to the petals]
Flower Size .24" [6 mm]
Found in Sulawesi in mossy montane forests on vines and small trees at elevations of 1400 to 1900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool, pendent growing epiphyte with a pendent stem with several leaves blooms in the summer on a pendent, basally single branched, to 6" [to 15 cm] long, 8 to 15 successively to 50 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms *Robiquetia bicruris J.J.Sm.1928
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide
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