Ascochilus leytensis, philippines

[walingwaling]

hi folks,
this tiny cutie was originally collected in leyte by Wenzel in 1913. i believe no photograph's existed until now.

cheers,

[delphiguy]

Ron this is such a cutie... do you have a photo of the whole plant?

[Tom-19951]

Really nice!
New to me too. I will love to see a plant photo if it is available.

[lanhua]

Hi Ron, really rare species.

[walingwaling]

thanks guys!
longest leaf is about 9cm long, plant resembles a smaller grosourdya or pteroceras philippinense.

[delphiguy]

Thanks Ron, like always your fingers compliments the beauty of the blooms

[zainal abidin]

Ron,very cute,I think this is another short live flower? Still can see the algae on the leaves,is it high or lowland species?

[lanhua]

Zainal, do you have some Malaysia native ascochilus.

[zainal abidin]

Zainal, do you have some Malaysia native ascochilus.

Hi Mietek, I saw quite a number of similar leaves in the jungle at the level of 3000 feet with multiples flower spikes, might me this are the same species, I saw many strange monopodial but most of them short live.

[boyong]

Ron that's very cute