Orestias stelidostachya (Rchb.f.) Summerh.1937Scan by and the JSTOR Plant Science Website

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Common Name The Orestias

Flower Size

Found in Sao Tome at elevations around 1200 meters as a miniature sized warm growing terrestrial orchid

The pictured collected specimen is the type for the species and was collected in 1861

Synonyms Malaxis stelidostachya (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; *Microstylis stelidostachya Rchb.f. 1881

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 42 Liparinae 1984 drawing ok;

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