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Sarcochilus fraternus is an orchid species identified by J.J.Sm. in 1918. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Pteroceras fraternum.
ORIGIN: Found in Sumatra and western Java in lower montane forests on small branches at elevations around 1000 to 1500 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a short stem enveloped completely by the bases carrying a few linear-lanceolate, fleshy, narrowed and bidentate apically leaves that blooms in the spring on a terete, to 6 [to 15 cm] long, racemose, successively few, many flowered inflorescence with a flattened rachis that is half enveloped by imbricate, in two rows, very short and broad floral bracts from which 1 to a few very short lived flowers are open at any one time.
FLOWER SIZE: 1/2 inch [1.25 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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