After Makino’s 1889 discovery, Stigmatodactylus sikokianus got its name from a Russian botanist after the unique, tiny finger-like appendage (the “dactylus” part) on its stigma. The Kobe University ...
The diminutive orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus was named in 1891 for the finger-like appendage on its stigma. Now, over 130 years later, Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji has discovered that ...