Saccolabiopsis armitii, commonly known as the spotted pitcher orchid, is an epiphytic orchid from the family Orchidaceae. It has a short stem, coarse, wiry roots, between three and six crowded, curved leaves and up to fifty yellowish green flowers with red markings and a white labellum. It usually grows in coastal scrub to rainforest in New Guinea and tropical North Queensland, Australia.

Description
Saccolabiopsis armitii is an epiphytic herb with a single main growth, coarse wiry roots and a stem  long. There are between three and six crowded, curved leaves  long and  wide with a prominent midrib on the lower surface. Between twenty and fifty cup-shaped, resupinate, yellowish green flowers with red markings  long and  wide are arranged on a pendulous flowering stem  long. The dorsal sepal is about  long,  wide and the lateral sepals are a similar width but longer. The petals are about  long and wide. The labellum is white, about  long and  wide with three lobes and a red anther. The side lobes are triangular and the middle lobe is short and rounded. Flowering occurs from September to December.

Taxonomy and naming
The spotted pitcher orchid was first formally described in 1875 by Ferdinand von Mueller and given the name Sarcochilus armitii. The description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. In 1886, Frederick Manson Bailey changed the name to Saccolabiopsis armitii. The specific epithet (armitii) honours William Armit who collected the type specimen.

Distribution and habitat
Saccolabiopsis armitii grows in coastal scrub and rainforest up to  from the coast. It is found in New Guinea and in Queensland between Weipa and Bundaberg.

References

Aeridinae
Epiphytic orchids
Endemic orchids of Australia
Orchids of Queensland
Orchids of New Guinea
Plants described in 1875
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller