Sigmatostalix malleifera Rchb. f. 1883

Side View of Flower Photos by Jay Pfahl ©

Another Clone

Another View Photo courtesy of Gilberto Escobar Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives

Common Name The Hammer Carrying Sigmatostalix

Flower Size

Found in Colombia as a small sized epiphyte with a flattened, longitudinally grooved pseudobulbs partially enveloped basally by a few distichous, imbricating, longitudinally folded leaf bearing sheaths carrying a single, linearto strap-shaped, bluntly pointed leaf that blooms on a to 5" [to 12.5 cm] long, axillary, paniculate inflorescence arising from the leaf axil of the leaf bearing sheath with several successive flowers

Synonyms Roezliella malleifera (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance Bakers 2006

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