Flickingeria bancana (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, Orquidea (Rio de Janeiro) 27: 302 (1965)
Name meaning 'from Bangka', an island between Borneo and Sumatra.Synonyms
Dendrobium bancanum J.J.Sm.
Dendrobium schlechterianum J.J.Sm.
Dendrobium trilamellatum Schltr. [Illegitimate]
Desmotrichum bancanum (J.J.Sm.) Kraenzl.
Ephemerantha trilamellata P.F.Hunt & Summerh.
Description
A miniature to small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with ovate-lanceolate, elliptic in cross-section, shiny yellow green pseudobulbs
carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate-lanceolate, obtusely bilobed, shiney above, duller and pale beneath leaf that blooms in the spring
on a abaxial, through a bright orange bract and carries a single flower.
Ecology
Growing in hill forests and lower montane forests at elevations up to 1900 meters.
Uses
Distribution
From India and Himalayas into Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
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