''Rhynchostylis rieferi'' is a species of

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to the

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. Its morphology is very similar to ''Rhynchostylis retusa'', however the flowers are smaller and the leaf tip forms an acute spike. The species was discovered from a cultivated plant in the United States of America.

References

*http://www.orchidspecies.com/rhynreiferii.htm *HIGGINS, W. E. (2012). A New Name For A Distinctive Rhynchostylis (Orchidae) And The Misapplication of ''Rhynchostylis praemorsa''. Selbyana, 31(1), 40–43. *World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Rhynchostylis rieferi. (2013). Retrieved March 21, 2016, from http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=492854 * * rieferi {{Vandeae-stub