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Malleola ligulata

Malleola ligulata

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
SubTribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Malleola
Species: Mll. ligulata
Alliance:
Binomial name
Malleola ligulata
(J.J. Sm.) J.J. Sm. 1914


Malleola ligulata is an species in the genus Malleola.

Description[]

Plant blooms in the spring with many 0.6 cm wide flowers.

Distribution[]

Plants are found growing in Java at elevations of 250 to 1800 meters

Culture[]

Plant grows in warm conditions with medium amounts of light. Plants should be potted in medium bark or sphagnum moss. Water every time when the mix has just about dried. Plants can be mounted.

Varities[]

Image Name Description
Malleola ligulata brown Malleola ligulata variant sepals and petals are brown, lip is red

Naming[]

Common Names: The Woody Malleola

Synonym[]

  1. *Saccolabium witteanum var. ligulatum J.J. Sm. 1905
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