Smithsonia straminea C.J.Saldanha, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71(1): 73 (1974).
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| Smithsonia straminea C.J.Saldanha, Photo by Mathew Jose Mathew |
its native range is SW. India.
Latinh Name:
Smithsonia straminea C.J.Saldanha,
Synonym:
Gastrochilus stramineus (Saldanha) R.Rice
Loxoma straminea (C.J.Saldanha) Pradhan
English Name:
The Straw Colored Smithsonia.
Description:
Straw-Colored Smithsonia is a miniature sized orchid growing on trees that blooms on a short, few flowered inflorescence. Leaves are oblong, unequally lobed at tip, to 4 x 0.6 cm. Flower racemes are up to 1.5 cm long. Flowers are up to 5, pale yellow. Sepals are 3 x 1 mm, dorsal, ovate-pointed concave, laterals obovate-pointed. Lip is white, 2.5 x 1 mm, mid-lobe with short lateral wings, spur purple, 1.5 mm long. Straw-Colored Smithsonia is found in Southern Western Ghats..
Distribution:
India.
Ecological:
As a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte. Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
Flowering times:
Blooms in the spring.
Flower size:
5.0 mm.
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