Microsaccus javensis Blume 1825

Plant and Flower Photos by Dian Rahardjo ©,

Common Name The Java Microsaccus

Flower Size 1/4" [6mm]

Found in Malaysia and Java as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters in forests and is most easily distinguished from other species in Java as the leaves do not overlap at the base with a pendant stem carrying narrowly lanceolate, very acute, spaced leaves that blooms in the spring on a short, axillary, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Java Comber 1990;

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