''Pinalia ovata'' is a species of

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

found from the

Ryukyu The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

Islands and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

to the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. It is an epiphyte that is found growing from 500 to 2,550 meters elevation.The Orchids of the Philippines J.Cootes p. 119 This species is erect and sympodial with pseudobulbs of 20 cm long by 1.2 cm diameter. It has about 4 leaves that are linear-oblong to oblong-lanceolate of 15 cm long and 2.1 cm wide.

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ovata Orchids of Japan Orchids of the Philippines Orchids of Taiwan Flora of the Ryukyu Islands Plants described in 1844 {{Epidendroideae-stub