Amesiella minor is the smallest species of the genus Amesiella. These miniature epiphytic orchids are native to the Philippines.Agoo, E. M. G. (2007). Status of orchid taxonomy research in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, 1(1), 73-98.
Ecology and habitat This species grows on the island of Luzon at heights of 1200 m a.s.l.IOSPE PHOTOS. (n.d.). Retrieved October 2, 2022, from http://www.orchidspecies.com/amesminor.htm
Discovery It was described by the German botanist Karlheinz Senghas in 1999.
Description These miniature, cool-growing, monopodial herbs form small, leathery leaves.Teoh E.S. (2021) Amesiella Schltr. ex Garay. In: Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A - E). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58872-4_9 Amesiella has white flowers with long spurs.Eur. J. Entomol. 112(2): 393–397, 2015 doi: 10.14411/eje.2015.031 ISSN 1210-5759 (print), 1802-8829 (online) The morphology of the spur suggests moth pollination.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3) Alec M. Pridgeon / Phillip J. Cribb / Mark W. Chase / Finn N. Rasmussen 2014 OUP Oxford ISBN 978-0-19-100389-9 The flowers have two gold coloured, vertical stripes on the lateral lobes of the labellum, which is similar to Amesiella philippinensis. The flowers of Amesiella minor are considerably smaller, which is also referred to in the specific epithet "minor", which means "small" in Latin.minor- Latein-Deutsch Übersetzung im Latein-Wörterbuch von Navigium. (n.d.). Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.navigium.de/latein-woerterbuch/minor?nr=null Up to 5 flowers with short spurs are formed on 7 cm long racemes.
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