Vrydagzynea paludosa J.J. Sm. 1908

Flower and Plant in situ Photos courtesy of André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name The Pale Vrdagzynea

Flower Size .15" [.33 cm]

Found New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia in lowland forests near water at elevations of 30 to 1050 meters as a small sized, hot growing, shade loving terrestrial with a creeping then erect stem carrying 7 to 11, widely patent, well separated, obliquely lanceolate, gradually pointed, acute leaves with a prominent midvein beneath and slightly grooved along nerves above, that blooms at most any time of the year on an erect, terminal, rather laxly to densely flowered, pubescent above, cylindrical inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate basally shortly tubular, acute, recurved margined almost leaf-like bracts and triangular-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, acute apically, basally denticulate to alomst entire, concave, single nerved floral bracts

Synonyms Vrydagzynea rivularis Schltr1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/1985; Flora Malesia Orchids of New Guinea Vol V 2008