american samoa - University of Hawaii at Manoa

Malaxis resupinata (Forst. f.) Kuntze
Medium-sized ground orchid with plicate ovate
leavcs and a narrow raceme of dark maroon flowers.
Occasional in lowland to montane forest, reported
from 250 to 500 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging
lrorn Vanuatu lo Tahiti. Setchell 387; Bryan 91;
Christophersen 1 1281, 3582!; Yuncker 943 117;
Wisner 141; Whistler 2727.
Malaxis samoensis (Schlechter) Whistler
Small ground orchid with subfalcate leaves and
small pale yellow flowers on a few-flowered scape.
Occasional in lowland to montane forest, reported
from 300 to 800 m elevation. Endemic. Christo-
phersen 3567; Yuncker 943 1 !? (n. s.); Whistler
2742,5725, 8507!, 8716!, 8994!.
"Mediocalcar paradoxum (Kraenzl.) Schlechter
Creeping epiphytic orchid with leaves arising from
bulb-like bases and short racemes of yellow flowers.
Occasional in lowland to montane forest, reported
from near sea level to 700 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from the Santa Cruz Islands to Samoa.
Setchell 402; Christophersen 3488; Whistler 3853,
91 87.
Moerenhoutia heteromorpha (Reichenb. f.) Benth.
& Hook. f.
Medium-sized ground orchid with a terminal raceme
of pubescent white flowers. Occasional in lowland
to montane forest, reported from 300 to 750 m
elevation. Endemic. Christophersen 1822!; Whistler
2729,2775!.
"Nervilia aragoana Gaud.
Small ground orchid with cordate leaves arising
from the ground and yellowish green flowers on a
flowering scape that appears after the leaves die
back. Uncommon in lowland to montane forest,
reported from 180 to 500 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from India to eastern Polynesia. Whistler
3776.
Oberonia equitans (Forst. f.) Mute1
Small, laterally compressed epiphytic orchid with
tiny white flowers in a dense terminal raceme.
Common in lowland to cloud forest, reported from
near sea level to 1550 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from New Caledonia to the Tuamotu
Islands. Rechinger 16, 1281; Setchell 210, 336;
Garber 880; Christophersen 1039; Long 3087?;
Whistler 2906, 8666!.
Oberonia heliophila Reichenb, f.
Small to medium-sized, laterally compressed epi-
phytic orchid with long strap-shaped leaves, and tiny
white flowers in long, narrow terminal racemes.
Occasional in lowland to montane forest, reported
from near sea level to 550 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from the Solomon Islands to Samoa.
Reinecke 6 15; Diefenderfer 22; Yuncker 9307;
Long 3 100; Whistler 2790, 9039!.
"Peristylus tradescantifolius (Reichenb. f.) Kores
Small erect ground orchid with lanceolate leaves and
small greenish flowers in a terminal raceme. Occa-
sional in lowland to cloud forest, reported from 200
to 1000 m elevation. Indigenous, also found in Fiji
and Tonga. Long 3 120; Whistler 2686.
"Phaius amboinensis B1.
Large ground orchid with basal, plicate leaves and
tall racemes of large, showy white flowers yellow
within. Occasional in lowland to montane forest,
reported from 50 to 800 m elevation. Indigenous,
also found in Fiji. Whistler 2687.
Phreatia matthewsii Reichenb. f.
Small, laterally compressed orchid with linear leaves
and several basal, pedunculate racemes mostly
shorter than the leaves and bearing tiny white flow-
ers. Common to abundant in mangrove to montane
forest, reported from near sea level to 800 m eleva-
tion. Indigenous, ranging from New Caledonia to
Tahiti. Setchell 238; Garber 938; Christophersen
1057, 1193, 1211, 1259, 1821!, 3573; Yuncker
9305; Wisner 140; Long 1951a; Whistler 2698,
9OO4!.
Phreatia micrantha (A. Rich.) Schlechter
Medium-sized, laterally compressed epiphytic
orchid with several basal racemes of tiny white
flowers. Common in mangrove to cloud forest,
reported from near sea level to 1030 m elevation.
Indigenous, also found in Fiji and Tonga. Setchell
400; Christophersen 1 l33!, 1189, 3503, 3538;
Mitchell 581; Long 3018; Whistler 2740, 9OO2!.