Saccolabiopsis pumila Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23, 4 (1972) 198 (as nom. nov.)
Basionym: Saccolabium pumilum
Plant very small; stem 0.5 cm long, 3-leaved. Leaves thinly fleshy, lanceolate, falcate, acute, at the apex unequally bilobed, 2 by 0.4 cm. Inflorescence erect, 3.5 cm long; peduncle 2 cm long; laxly 7- to 8-flowered. Floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 0.1 cm long. Flower minute. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 0.2 cm long. Petals oblanceolate, spathulate, shorter than the sepals. Lip 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, oblong, truncate, surpassing the column, mid-lobe short, recurved, ovate, obtuse, fleshy; spur pendulous, conical, broad at the base, obtuse, 0.2 cm long, without callosities. Column rather long; stelidia oblong. Anther conical. Pollinia 2 [probably 4 in 2 pairs], pear-shaped, with a clavate, cylindrical caudicle. Pedicel with ovary 0.2 cm long.(After Ridley, 1916)
Colours: Not recorded.
Habitat: Epiphyte in lower montane forest; 759 m.
Flowering time in the wild: Not known.
Distribution: Malesia (New Guinea).
Distribution in New Guinea: Papua (Indonesia). See map: 620-8M.JPG.
Cultivation: Warm growing epiphyte.