Malleola baliensis J.J. Sm. 1920 Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Flower Closeup Photo by Milan Vagner ©

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Common Name or Meaning The Bali Malleola

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in Java and Bali in deep forests and in fairly open areas at elevations of sealevel to 1200 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying 3, purple suffused, minutely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the fall on a pendulous, to 3.6" [9 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence carrying close set simultaneously opening flowers .

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 11 2001

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