Phreatia micrantha
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| Native fan orchid | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Phreatia |
| Species: | P. micrantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Phreatia micrantha | |
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Phreatia micrantha, commonly known as native fan orchid,[2] is a plant in the orchid family and is an epiphyte or lithophyte with four to ten channelled leaves in a fan-like arrangement with their bases sheathing the stem. A large number of small white, cup-shaped flowers are arranged along a thin, wiry flowering stem. This orchid is native to areas between Papuasia and the western Pacific.
Phreatia micrantha is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb with a stem that gradually increases in length with between four and ten leaves in two ranks, the leaves 100–350 mm (3.9–14 in) long and 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) wide in a fan-like arrangement sheathing the stem. A large number of white, cup-shaped, resupinate flowers 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long and wide are arranged along a thin, wiry flowering stem 200–450 mm (7.9–18 in) long. The sepals are about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long and 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide the petals slightly shorter and narrower. The labellum is about 1.2 mm (0.047 in) long and wide and turned downwards. Flowering occurs between October and February.[2][3][4]