Abdominea

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Abdominea
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Sarcanthinae
Genus: Abdominea
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Species
Abdominea minimiflora

There is only one very rare monopodial epiphytic species, Abdominea minimiflora, or the Tiny-flowered Abdominea, in this genus.

It is distributed from Thailand to the Malay peninsula, Java, and the Philippines.

The name is derived from the Latin abdomen, meaning belly. It refers to the similarity between the shape of the labellum (lip) and the shape of the abdomen of an insect.

The species produces very small flowers, about 0.45 cm wide, on a racemose, many-flowered inflorescence.

References

http://www.orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/abdomminimiflora.jpg