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Blotched bladder orchid

Pomatocalpa macphersonii

Blotched bladder orchid
Photo: Zig Madycki, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Tree, Epiphyte, Orchid
Native range
Papuasia to N. & NE. Queensland, Fiji
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pomatocalpa macphersonii, commonly known as the blotched bladder orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with thick, cord-like roots, between two and eight dark green, leathery leaves and up to thirty cup-shaped, yellow flowers with red blotches and a white labellum with red blotches. It usually grows on rainforest trees and is found in New Guinea and tropical North Queensland, Australia.

Where it grows

Plectorrhiza macphersonii usually grows on the trunks and large branches of trees in rainforest at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). It is found in New Guinea and in Queensland on the Cape York Peninsula and as far south as Rockhampton.

Other Pomatocalpa plants

Branched bladder orchid · Pomatocalpa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pomatocalpa macphersonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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