Totally camouflaged against a backdrop of dry leaves, this ground orchid creep along a cool dark mountain slope in Sarawak. Some have regarded this to be a subspecies of the common and larger N. pulchrum. The literal translation of the latin name Nephelaphyllum is cloudy leaf.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Nephelaphyllum borneensis
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Well spotted. What beautiful leaves.
It was pointed out to me, and even then it was not easy to spot in such poor light. This is a really cryptic plant.
very interesting foliage, is it easy to grow?
well, small ground orchids in this region in general are hard to grow, so I believe this one too.
Just found this which you might find interesting:
http://illumbomb.blogspot.com/2010/05/bucephalandra-genus-of-aroids-endemic.html
Phillip
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