Pale Dismal Orchid (species: Micropera fasciculata) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Micropera fasciculata
Pale Dismal Orchid


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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Asparagales
Family Orchidaceae
Genus Micropera
Species Micropera fasciculata
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Distinguishing features

It is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with wiry stems forming large, tangled clumps. It has stiff, leathery leaves and flowering stems with between ten and twenty cream-coloured flowers with a white labellum. This orchid occurs in New Guinea, Queensland, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. (Wikipedia)

Size

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution: Micropera fasciculata

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