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Orchid Species: Agrostophyllum laterale
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Agrostophyllum laterale is an orchid species identified by J.J.Sm. in 1914.
ORIGIN: Found in Borneo in steep river banks in lowland alluvial forests and riparian forests at elevations around 1000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, war mt ocol growing epiphyte with slender, wiry leafy stems carrying 2 to 7, linear-ligulate, equally to unequally obtusely bilobed apically with a mid seta in the apical sinus that blooms in the summer, fall and winter on a lateral and terminal, peduncle to .08 to .16 [2 to 4 mm] long, enveloped by 2 to 3 dark brown, ovate, acute, prominently veined imbricate bracts, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence carrying whitish to pale yellowish brown flowers with a yellowish flushed purple column.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.172 inches [4.3 mm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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