• Bletilla striata (Hong Kong)

    Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 75 1878. (Syn: Bletia gebina Lindl. …………………..); . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Rchb.f. from Hong Kong, PKS-100 : Attachments (3). 6 posts by 6 authors. Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 75 (1878). Synonyms: Limodorum striatum Thunb. in J.A.Murray,…

  • Vanda ampullacea

    Vanda ampullacea (Roxb.) L.M.Gardiner, Phytotaxa 61: 48 (2012) as per POWO; . Ascocentrum ampullaceum (Roxb.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 975 1913. (Syn: Aerides ampullacea Roxb.; Ascocentrum ampullaceum var. aurantiacum Pradhan; Gastrochilus ampullaceus (Roxb.) Kuntze; Oeceoclades ampullacea (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Voigt; Saccolabium ampullaceum (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Wall.);…

  • Cleisostoma paniculatum

    Cleisostoma paniculatum (Ker Gawl.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 173 1972. (syn: Aerides paniculata Ker Gawl.; …………….); . Assam to Taiwan: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO; . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Cleisostoma paniculatum (Ker Gawl.) Garay from Hong Kong, PKS-192 :…

  • Chiloschista lunifera

    Chiloschista lunifera (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java 553 1905. (Syn: Chiloschista indica J.J.Sm.; Chiloschista javanica Schltr.; Chiloschista lunifera (Rchb. f.) Schltr.; Sarcochilus lunifer (Rchb. f.) Benth. ex Hook. f.; Sarcochilus luniferus (Rchb.f.) Benth. ex Hook.f.; Thrixspermum luniferum Rchb.f.); . Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as…

  • Cleisostoma fuerstenbergianum

    Cleisostoma fuerstenbergianum Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 39 1909. (syn: Cleisostoma crucicallum (Burkill) Garay; Cleisostoma flagellare (Schltr.) Garay; Cleisostoma flagelliforme (Rolfe ex Downie) Garay; Saccolabium crucicallus Burkill; Sarcanthus crucicallus (Burkill) Seidenf. & Smitinand; Sarcanthus flagellaris Schltr.; Sarcanthus flagelliformis Rolfe ex Downie; Sarcanthus fuerstenbergianus (Kraenzl.) J.J.Sm.; Sarcanthus geoffrayi Guillaumin);…

  • Chiloschista

    Chiloschista lunifera (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm. (Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)   Chiloschista parishii Seidenf. (E. Nepal to Indo-China: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)     Chiloschista usneoides (D.Don) Lindl. (Himalaya to Myanmar: East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO)    

  • Cleisostoma arietinum

    Cleisostoma arietinum (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 169 1972. (syn. Echioglossum arietinum (Rchb.f.) Szlach.; Saccolabium kunstleri (King & Pantl.) Ridl.; Sarcanthus arietinus Rchb.f.; Sarcanthus kunstleri King & Pantl.; Sarcanthus recurvus Rolfe ex Downie); . Assam to Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; ….

  • Cleisostoma williamsonii

    Cleisostoma williamsonii (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 176 1972. (syn: Cleisostoma demangei (Guillaumin) Garay; …………………………); . Bhutan to S. China and Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;…

  • Cleisostoma simondii

    Cleisostoma simondii (Gagnep.) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 29(3): 66 1975. (Syn. Echioglossum simondii (Gagnep.) Szlach.; Vanda simondii Gagnep.;                Cleisostoma acutilabris (Guillaumin) Aver.; Cleisostoma seidenfadenii Garay; Cleisostoma teres Garay; Echioglossum seidenfadenii (Garay) Szlach.; Luisia acutilabris Guillaumin; Sarcanthus siamensis Rolfe ex Downie; Sarcanthus teretifolius (Lindl.) Lindl.; Vanda teretifolia Lindl.); . Nepal to…

  • Habenaria stenopetala

    Habenaria stenopetala Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 319 1835. (syn: Habenaria amanoana Ohwi; Habenaria delessertiana Kraenzl.; Habenaria linearipetala Hayata; Habenaria rhynchocarpa (Thwaites) Trimen; Habenaria rhynchocarpa (Thwaites) Hook. f.; Habenaria sutepensis Rolfe ex Downie; Plantaginorchis rhynchocarpa (Thwaites) Szlach.; Platanthera rhynchocarpa Thwaites); . Himalaya to Nansei-shoto and Philippines, W. New Guinea: Assam,…

  • Pholidota imbricata or Pholidota pallida

    [EfloraofIndia_ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight]:19102013PD07_Pholidota imbricata or P. pallida _Flora of Odisha: Attachments (3). 5 posts by 4 authors. This was also identified by … between Pholidota imbricata or P. pallida and not conformed yet due to several factors and lack of flowers. Also collected from Mahendragiri hills, Odisha I am still with same…

  • Bulbophyllum maquilingense (Hong Kong)

    Bulbophyllum maquilingense Ames & Quisumb., Philipp. J. Sci. 47: 208 1932.; . Philippines (Luzon) as per POWO; .   ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Bulbophyllum maquilingense Ames & Quisumb. from Hong Kong, PKS-159 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Bulbophyllum maquilingense Ames & Quisumb., Philipp. J. Sci. 47: 208 (1932)….

  • Peristylus aristatus

    Peristylus aristatus Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 300 1835. (syn: Habenaria aristata (Lindl.) Hook.f.; Peristylus exilis Wight); . per-ih-STY-lus — Greek: peri (around), stylos (column) … Dave’s Botanary a-ris-TAH-tus — long bristle tip … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: spiked peristylus . Native of: n-e and s India, Sri…

  • Aerides houlletiana (Hong Kong)

    Aerides houlletiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1872: 1194 1872. (Syn: Aerides falcata var. houlletiana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent; Aerides picotiana Rchb.f. [Invalid]; Aerides platychila Rolfe); . Indo-China: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Aerides houlletiana Rchb.f from Hong Kong, PKS-149 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors….

  • Aerides flabellata (Hong Kong)

    Aerides flabellata Rolfe ex Downie, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 1925: 387. 1925. (Syn: Vanda flabellata (Rolfe ex Downie) Christenson); . China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China: China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Aerides flabellata Rolfe ex Downie from Hong Kong, PKS-147 : Attachments (3)….

  • Acampe carinata

    Acampe carinata (Griff.) Panigrahi, Taxon 34: 689 1985.  (Syn: Gastrochilus carinatus (Griff.) Schltr.; Saccolabium carinatum Griff.); . India and Himalaya to Hainan: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Keeled Acampe • Sanskrit: Gandhanakuli, Rasna . ORCHIDACEAE…

  • Cymbidium hybrids- Sikkim

    ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Cymbidium hybrids from Sikkim , PKS-130 : Attachments (8). 3 posts by 3 authors. Quality photographs.. lovely colours.. All slides more than beautiful…………  

  • Aerides falcata (Hong Kong)

    Aerides falcata Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 2: 142 1851. (Syn: Aerides expansa var. leoniae Rchb.f.; Aerides falcata var. leoniae (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent; Aerides falcata var. maurandii Guillaumin; Aerides larpentae Rchb.f.; Aerides leoniae (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Aerides mendelii E.Morren; Aerides siamensis Klinge); . China (SE. Yunnan) to Indo-China: Cambodia, China South-Central,…

  • Liparis bootanensis

    Liparis bootanensis Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 278 (1851). (syn: Cestichis bootanensis (Griff.) T.C.Hsu; Cestichis forbesii (Ridl.) Ames ; Cestichis plicata (Franch. & Sav.) Maek. ; Leptorkis bootanensis (Griff.) Kuntze; Leptorkis forbesii (Ridl.) Kuntze ; Leptorkis lancifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze ; Leptorkis pachypus (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze ; Leptorkis plicata (Franch. & Sav.) Kuntze ; Liparis amphibius Gagnep. ; Liparis…

  • Coelogyne stricta

    Coelogyne stricta (D.Don) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 184 1919. (syn: Coelogyne elata Lindl.; Cymbidium strictum D.Don; Pleione elata (Lindl.) Kuntze); . Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Erect Coelogyne…