Corybas pictus (Blume) Rchb. f. 1871
Photo by © Pieter Brouwer and His P-Base Orchid Photo Website
Plant on ultramafic substrate in situ Borneo
Photo by © Rogier van Vugt and His P-Base Orchid Photo Website
Photo by Dr. E.F. de Vogel, courtesy of André Schuiteman, and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website
Photo by © John Varigos and His Orchid webpage
Common Name The Painted Corybas
Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]
Found in Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and Borneo at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters in disturbed areas in foothills and lower montane forests on mossy rocks, mossy ground and mossy tree fern boles in deep shade as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a cordate, sharp pointed, silver, white to pink veined, acuminate, apiculate, basally clasping leaf with the edges crisped that blooms in the summer in situ on a very short, erect, single flowered inflorescence.
The second photo shows the leaf coloration change when a plant is found on ultramafic substrates. The first photo shows the more normal leaf coloration.
Synonyms Calcearia mucronata Blume 1825; *Calcearia picta Blume 1825; Coybas crenulatus sensu Carr non J.J.Sm. 1935; Corybas limbatus (Hook.f.) Rchb.f. 1871; Corybas mucronatus (Blume) Rchb.f. 1871; Corybas picta var dorowatiensis J.J.Sm 1968; Corysanthes carinata J.J. Sm. 1907; Corysanthes limbata Hook.f. 1863; Corysanthes mucronata (Blume) Blume 1859; Corysanthes picta Lindl. 1858; Corysanthes picta var karangensis J.J.Sm. 1921
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905 as Corysanthes picta; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905 as Corysanthes mucronata; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as Corysanthes limbata;Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as Corysanthes picta drawing fide; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Sm. 1908 as Corysanthes mucronata drawing fide;Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Sm. 1908 as Corysanthes limbata drawing fide; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Corysanthes picta drawing good; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 drawing as Corysanthes picta; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 11 1993 photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 # 11 1994 photo good; Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family Dressler 1993 as C mucronatus photo hmm; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Borneo vol 1 Chan, Shim, Lamb & Wood 1994 photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001 photo ok; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 4 2009 drawing good The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide
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