Omoea micrantha Blume 1825 Photos courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulenand Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name or Meaning The Small Flowered Omoea

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in Java and Sumatra at elevations of 1000 to 1600 meters high up on twigs as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with horizontal and then pendulous as they lengthen, branching stems carrying 2 rows of curved, linear, obtuse, canaliculate, thick, fleshy leaves that blooms in the spring on 1 to 2, very short, single flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes and carrying thick, fleshy flowers

Synonyms Gastrochilus micranthus (Blume) Kuntze 1891; Saccolabium micranthum (Blume) J.J.Sm. 1905

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Java Comber 1990, Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001

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