Acanthophippium striatum Lindley 1838
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Flowers and plant in situ northern Thailand 6/01
Photo by © David Kuehn
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Common Name or Meaning The Striped Acanthophippium - In China Zhui Nang Tan Hua Lan
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in the subtropical foothills of the Himalayas, in Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Lower India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, China and Taiwan in soils that are constantly dampened by mists and splash along steep watercourses at elevations of 660 to 2000 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with closely approximate, narrowly conical pseudobulbs enveloped basally by a few violet streaked sheaths and carrying one or two, elliptic, acuminate, narrowing below into an elongate petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, short to 1.6" [4 cm] long, bracteate inflorescence arising with a new growth that has 2 to 5, fragrant, resupinate, cup-like flowers.
Synonyms Acanthephippium simplex Aver. 1994; Acanthophippium sinense Rolfe 1913; Acanthophippium striatum Lindl. 1838; Acanthephippium unguiculatum (Hayata) Fukuy. 1934; Tainia unguiculata Hayata 1914
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 drawing ok; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing ok; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Orchids of Malaysia Vol 1 Holtum 1953; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections photo fide; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 4 1973 photo fide; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #14 820 - 880 1984; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #14 820 - 880 1984 as A sinense; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas Liferung #14 820 - 880 1984 as A unguiculatum; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Steiddenfadden & Wood 1992 drawing/photo fide; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994 as A simplex drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 2 1997; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 Photo ok; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 as A simplex; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 drawing fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; 100 Sikkim Himalayan Orchids Pradhan 2005 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo photo ok; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; Turczaninowia 16(4):26-46 NEW AND RARE ORCHIDS (ORCHIDACEAE) IN THE FLORA OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS Averyanov 2013 photo fide; A Century of New Orchid Records in Bhutan Royal Government of Bhutan 2017 drawing/photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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