Abdominea

Taxobox
name = Tiny-flowered Abdominea
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Higher Epidendroideae
tribus = Vandeae
subtribus = Sarcanthinae
alliance = Trichoglottis
genus = "Abdominea"
genus_authority = J.J.Sm.
species = "A. minimiflora"
binomial = "Abdominea minimiflora"
binomial_authority = (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm.

"Abdominea minimiflora", or the Tiny-flowered Abdominea, is a very rare monopodial epiphytic orchid species and the only species of the monospecific genus "Abdominea". It is distributed from Thailand to the Malay peninsula, Java, and the Philippines.

The name is derived from the Latin "abdomen", meaning belly. It refers to the similarity between the shape of the labellum (lip) and the shape of the abdomen of an insect.

The species produces very small flowers, about 0.45 cm wide, on a racemose, many-flowered inflorescence.

References

*http://www.orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/abdomminimiflora.jpg