Orchidaceae
Native fan orchid
Phreatia micrantha
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Phreatia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Native fan orchid, Smallflower phreatia
Synonyms
- Eria richardiana Rchb.f.
- Eria sphaerocarpa Rchb.f.
- Oberonia micrantha A.Rich.
- Oberonia papuana F.M.Bailey
- Phreatia clivicola W.Kittr.
- Phreatia collina Schltr.
- Phreatia collina var. linearis Schltr.
- Phreatia graeffei Kraenzl.
- Phreatia louisiadum Kraenzl.
- Phreatia macrophylla Schltr.
- Phreatia macrophylloides Kraenzl.
- Phreatia moluccana J.J.Sm.
- Phreatia richardiana (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.
- Phreatia robusta R.S.Rogers
- Phreatia samoensis (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
- Phreatia sarcothece Schltr.
- Rhipidorchis micrantha (A.Rich.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
- Rhynchophreatia micrantha (A.Rich.) N.Hallé
- Thelasis samoensis Kraenzl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos

Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.