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Orchid Species: Macodes sanderiana
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Macodes sanderiana is an orchid species identified by (Kraenzl.) Rolfe in 1896.
ORIGIN: Found as a small sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial in Sumatra, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu at elevations of 350 to 800 meters growing in leaf-litter on rocks.
DESCRIPTION: Found as a small sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial in Sumatra, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu at elevations of 350 to 800 meters growing in leaf-litter on rocks with almost round to oval leaves with the undersides being purplish and the upper side having velvety dark green with numerous golden veins and a chatoyancy [ie. it changes colors when viewed at different angles] that blooms in the fall and winter on a 10 to 12 [25 to 30 cm] long erect, reddish, many flowered inflorescence with the non-resupinate flowers held towards the apex.
FLOWER SIZE: 1/2 inch [1.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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