Appendicula cornuta

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Sikkim to China (S. Guangdong) and Malesia: Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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ORCHIDACEAE: Appendicula cornuta Blume from Hong Kong (Thailand):
Appendicula cornuta Blume, Bijdr.: 302 (1825).

Synonyms:
Podochilus cornutus (Blume) Schltr., Mém. Herb. Boissier 21: 34 (1900).
Dendrobium manilense Schauer, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 430 (1843).
Appendicula bifaria Lindl., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 35 (1855).
Appendicula manilensis (Schauer) Rchb.f. in F.A.W.Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 704 (1859).
Appendicula reduplicata E.C.Parish & Rchb.f. in H.G.Reichenbach, Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 45 (1878).
Appendicula bifaria var. wallichiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 83 (1890).
Podochilus brachiatus Schltr., Mém. Herb. Boissier 21: 38 (1900).
Podochilus cyclopetalus Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 36 (1911).
Appendicula brachiata (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 337 (1912).
Appendicula cyclopetala (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 336 (1912).
Dendrobium pseudorevolutum Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 30: 458 (1958).
Family: ORCHIDACEAE
Distribution: India, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam,Bornea, Jawa, Malaysia, Phillippines, Slawesi and Sumatra.
Pic was taken in the live collection of KFBG. Specimen collected from Thailand. The flower is very small, so I couldnt take good pics of it.

I realized, I did take some more bad pics !! Here are two attached.

Very good to learn about this unusual orchid. Thanks for sharing.

Its very strange, they are small but stay fresh for very long!!! I imagine what pollinates them. We dont allow them to be pollinated naturally.
We at KFBG have a special arrangements to stop their pollination. WHY?
Because we dont want non-native orchids at our garden to spread in wild.

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ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Appendicula cornuta Blume from Hong Kong, PKS-87 : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 4 authors.

Appendicula cornuta Blume, Bijdr.: 302 (1825).

Synonyms:
Podochilus cornutus (Blume) Schltr., Mém. Herb. Boissier 21: 34 (1900).
Dendrobium bifarium Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 81 (1830).
Dendrobium manilense Schauer, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 430 (1843).
Appendicula bifaria Lindl., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 35 (1855).
Appendicula manilensis (Schauer) Rchb.f. in F.A.W.Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 704 (1859).
Appendicula reduplicata C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. in H.G.Reichenbach, Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 45 (1878).
Appendicula bifaria var. wallichiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 83 (1890).
Callista bifaria (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 654 (1891).
Podochilus brachiatus Schltr., Mém. Herb. Boissier 21: 38 (1900).
Podochilus cyclopetalus Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 36 (1911).
Appendicula brachiata (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 337 (1912).
Appendicula cyclopetala (Schltr.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 336 (1912).
Dendrobium pseudorevolutum Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 30: 458 (1958).
Distichorchis bifaria (Lindl.) M.A.Clem., Telopea 10: 281 (2003).
Distribution: Sikkim to China (S. Guangdong) and Malesia

Very good to see an unusual flowering pattern of an orchid plant.

 

 

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References:
POWO