Flickingeria, Orchid


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Flickingeria is a genus of flowering orchids in the family Orchidaceae, comprising about 75 species. Flickingeria is abbreviated as Flkga in horticultural trade. The genus can be found in tropical Asia and Australasia, from Himalaya to Southeast Asia, Indonesia through New Guinea.

Flickingeria is an epiphyte with a creeping rhizome, or with a branched aerial stems ending in a pseudobulb. The inflorescence arises from the base of the leaf, and the flower lasts only for one day.


Flickingeria fimbriata
Flickingeria fimbriata
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