Smitinandia micrantha (Lindl.) Holttum

Description:  Found in the Chinese Himalayas, western Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Borneo in lowlands and low montane riverine forests at elevations [200 to 300, Borneo] below 1300 meters as a small sized, hot to warm, pendant growing epiphyte with an elongated, branching, turning pendulous stem carrying several linear, axillary, unequally and obtusely bilobed apically leaves, densely many flowered inflorescence with triangular-ovate, acute to acuminate floral bracts and the fleshy, successively opening flowers arranged in a spiral.
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Photorights: Cedric Jancloes

  • Size:  Epiphytic orchids Stems are round and flat bares leaves oblong 8cm tall, slightly narrower width from 1.4 to 2 cm long and 7-12 cm alternate left and right. The leaves concave unequal A bouquet of flowers axillary, inflorescence 7cm long, flowers are 7mm across,
  • Collector/Witnesses:  Cedric Jancloes Arnold Marseille
  • Year Collected:  2011
  • Growing Media:  wood
  • Flowering Period:  February - April
  • Color:  Sepals and petals are white with pink light sometime spotted with purple, Pink lip split into three lobes at the center is spread over a large oval section.
  • Water:  1 – 2 time daily
  • Light:  bright light
  • Temperature:  17 - 28°C