Armodorum siamense Schltr. 1912
Plant and Inflorescence Photos by © Photo by K Petrzelka from the Orchis project website
Common Name The Thailand Armodorum
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Thailand and Vietnam at elevations of 1500 to 1750 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with a monopodial, erect stem carrying several, strap-shaped, apically, unequally bilobed, becoming conduplicate towards the clasping base leaves that blooms in the spring on axillary, to 6" [to 15 cm] long, laxly few flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Arachnis siamensis (Schltr.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1963 drawing fide; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 drawing/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 22 1329 - 1392 Brieger 1989 drawing/photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendrodeaea Pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2014
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