Spathoglottis paulinae F. Muell. 1867 SECTION Lilacinae Photo by © Lourens Grobler.

Inflorescence Photos courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl, plant grown by JEM Orchids

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Common Name Pauline Richmond's Spathoglottis [Australian Orchid Enthusiast]

Flower Size 1 1/14" to 1 3/8" [3 to 3.5 cm]

Found in Australia and Papua and New Guinea as a medium to large terrestrial species at elevations of 100 to 650 meters in sunny disturbed areas such as road cuts or sloping rocky grasslands where it blooms in the spring on a 3' 8" [110 cm] long, basal, erect, racemose inflorescence which extends during blooming and has successive [6 to 8 open at a time] opening flowers. It is self pollinating and nearly all flowers set a capsule.

Synonyms Bletia paulinae F.Muell. 1867; Spathoglottis rivularis Schltr. 1912; Spathoglottis soutteriana F.M.Bailey 1895

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1893; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/85 as Spathoglottis rivularis Schltr. 1912/1985; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 as S rivularis photo fide; Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea O'Byrne 1994; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006; Flora Malesia Orchids of New Guinea Vol V 2008;

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