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Orchid Species: Omoea micrantha
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Omoea micrantha is an orchid species identified by Blume in 1825.
ORIGIN: Found in Java and Sumatra at elevations of 1000 to 1600 meters high up on twigs.
DESCRIPTION: Mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with horizontal and then pendulous as they lengthen, branching stems carrying 2 rows of curved, linear, obtuse, canaliculate, thick, fleshy leaves that blooms in the spring on 1 to 2, very short, single flowered inflorescence arising from the nodes and carrying thick, fleshy flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.08 inches [2 mm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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