Pteroceras semiteretifolium H.A.Pedersen 1992 Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Kerschbaum Copyright © 2006 All rights reserved.

Plant and Flower

Side View Of Plant And Flower Photos courtesy of Timothy Choltco

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Common Name Teh Semi-Terete Pteroceras

Flower Size 3/4" [1.85 cm]

A new species found in Vietnam in evergreen lowland forests on terminal branches and twigs of trees at elevations below 1500 meters as a hot growing, miniature, monopodial epiphyte that blooms on multiple, single flowered inflorescence that carry a single a beautiful, flat, 3/4" bloom that can occur at any time of the year.

Synonyms Pteroceras uniflorum Tixier 1967; Sarcochilus uniflorus Gagnep. 1933

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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