Didymoplexis Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4 (1844) 383, t. 17

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Gastrodieae

Subtribe: Not used.

Synonyms: Apetalon Wight , Leucorchis Blume

A genus of c. 20 species; 11 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Southern and East Africa, Madagascar, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Ryukyu Archipelago, Malesia, Carolines, Australia, east to Samoa

Didymoplexis pallens Griff., growing wild at the Kebun Raya, Bogor, Java Didymoplexis pallens Griff., growing wild at the Kebun Raya, Bogor, Java Didymoplexis pallens Griff., growing wild at the Kebun Raya, Bogor, Java
Didymoplexis_spAS_IMGP3907.jpg (185701 bytes)  
Didymoplexis ?pallens Griff., in situ, Java, Gunung Merapi (fruiting) Didymoplexis flexipes J.J.Sm., drawing by J.J. Smith  

last updated: 9 February 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera