Acanthophippium striatum

Acanthophippium curtisii Rchb. f., Gard. Chron. 15: 169 1881. (Syn: Acanthophippium simplex Aver.; Acanthophippium sinense Rolfe; Acanthophippium unguiculatum (Hayata) Fukuy.; Tainia unguiculata Hayata);    Assam; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; India; Japan; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Nepal; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Plants to 50 cm tall. Roots densely […]

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Acanthophippium bicolor

Acanthophippium bicolor Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1730 1835.; . S. & E. India, Sri Lanka as per WCSP; . Common name: Jug Flower Orchid . Terrestrial herbs; pseudobulbs ovoid, 5-14 x 2-5 cm. Leaves 2 or 3, 20-40 x 6-12 cm, broadly lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers yellow with purplish red, 3.5 cm across, in 2-5-flowered […]

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Acanthophippium gougahensis (Hong Kong)

Acanthophippium gougahensis (Guillaumin) Seidenf., Contr. Revis. Orchid Fl. Cambodia. Laos Vietnam: 4 (1975). Calanthe gougahensis Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 26: 537 (1954). Acanthephippium thailandica Seidenf., Bot. Tidsskr. 66: 335 (1971). Acanthephippium odoratum Aver., Opred. Orkhid. V’etnama: 112 (1994). . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Acanthephippium gougahensis (Guillaumin) Seidenf. from Hong Kong, PKS-217: Attachments (1).  2 […]

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