Phalaenopsis cochlearis Holttum 1964 SUBGENUS Polychilos SECTION Fuscatae Sweet 1968 Photo courtesy of Allen Black.

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Common Name Spoon-like Phalaenopsis [refers to the concave midlobe of the lip]

Flower Size 1 1/2 to 2" [4 to 5 cm]

Found in Malaysia and Sarawak, Borneo in forests on limestone as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte at elevations of 450 to 700 meters in limestone areas and on limestone cliffs with 2 to 4, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, prominently veined on top leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a suberect, branched, 12 to 20" [30 to 51 cm] long, few to several flowered, slightly fractiflex towards the apex inflorescence with ovate-cucullate, acute floral bracts .

Synonyms Polychilos cochlearis [Holttum] Shim 1982

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 1 1966 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 6 1969 drawing; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Phaleanopsis, A Monograph EA Christenson 2001; Orchids of Borneo Wood, Shim & Lamb Vol 4 2003

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