Robiquetia Gaudichaud-Beaupré

Ariyarathne, W. A. M. P., Yakandawala, Deepthi, Samuel, Rosabelle & Wijesundara, Siril, 2017, Evaluating the occurrence and conservation statuses of Sri Lankan Orchids (Orchidaceae): Observations on newly recorded species and undocumented regions, Phytotaxa 308 (1), pp. 37-53 : 50

Robiquetia Gaudichaud-Beaupré

There are 4 species recorded from Sri Lanka and two of them are endemics. Out of these, three species were observed including the two endemic species. Robiquetia brevifolia (Syn: Saccolabium brevifolium Lindl. ) is a VU species and one of the two endemic species which was observed with flowers in February, October and December ( MOE, 2012). Jayaweera (1981) recorded that the flowering season of this species as February to April and September. Robiquetia rosea (Syn: Saccolabium roseum Lindl. ) (VU) is another observed species which flowers in March, April and December ( MOE, 2012). According to Jayaweera (1981), March, April and September are the flowering times of the species. Robiquetia virescens , is an endemic, NT species ( MOE, 2012).