Chroniochilus virescens (Ridl.) Holttum

in Kew. Bull. 14. 2: 273 (1960).

Synonymes

Chroniochilus thrixspermoides (Schltr.) Garay in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ., 23(4): 166 (1972).

Sarcochilus thrixspermoides Schltr. in Fedde. Repert. 11: 145 (1912).

Sarcochilus virescens Ridl. in J. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. 39: 85 (1903). (basionyme)

Biermannia thrixspermoides (Schltr.) R.Rice in R.Rice, Introd. Austral. New Zealand Bulbophyllum Vandaceous Orchids: 73 (2019).

Biermannia virescens (Ridl.) R.Rice in R.Rice, Introd. Austral. New Zealand Bulbophyllum Vandaceous Orchids: 73 (2019).

Répartition

Borneo, Malaisie, Sumatra, Thaïlande.

Borneo : Sabah.

Floraison : ___A________. Altitude de 120 à 400 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Feuilles de 3 à 6, de 20-40 × 5-10 mm, lancéolées, oblongues. Bractées ovales. Fleurs de 1 à 8, jaunes, vertes. Sépale dorsal elliptique, de 0-6 × 3-4 mm. Sépales latéraux oblongs, ovales, de 0-5 × 3-4 mm. Pétales elliptiques, de 0-6 × 0-2 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 6-7 × 3-4 mm.

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