Bogoria J.J.Sm.

J.J Smith proposed the name in 1905 for the one species found in Java; since then other species have been discovered and added to the genus.

• Small epiphytic monopodial with flattened roots and very short stem.
• The three or five leaves are flat and unequally bilobed epically,
• Inflorescences are borne from the stem below leaves
• Slender peduncle and a shorter,
• grooved rachis which bears about ten flowers, three or four of which open at in time.
• Flowers are small, they open wide and have free sepals and petals, a trilobed, deeply saccate lip and a column which has a short foot, there are four pollinia in two masses.

Four species are now known, which range from Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, and New Guinea 

Sumatra species :

1. B. taeniorhiza (Schltr)

Source: Orchid of Sumatra (J.B.Comber)

August 18, 2018