!Arundina graminifolia [D Don] Hochr. 1910
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Photo Site A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon Dassanayake & Fosberg 1981 drawing fide;
Another Variable Flower with plant
Photos by © Bhaskar Bora Assam India
What was kn own as A minor Another Color Flower
Photo by © Suranjan Fernando and An Annotated Checklist of the Orchids of Sri Lanka Website
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Common Name The Grass-Like Leaf Arundina - The Bamboo Orchid - In China Zhu Ye Lan
Flower Size 2 1/2" [6.25 cm]
Commonly called the bamboo orchid because of it's thin, tall stem with alternating, lanceolate, acuminate leaves, appears to be bamboo, as a giant sized, hot to cool growing, polypodial, terrestrial orchid occuring at elevations of sealevel to 1200 meters and blooms through out the year on a terminal, 3 1/4" [8 cm] long, simple or branched, scapose, bracteate inflorescence that carries 2 to 6, fragrant floral scented , Cattleya-like flowers, one at a time, that are short-lasting yet successive so the bloom time is extended. It has the same cultural requirements as Sobralia. This plant has been enlarging it's distribution from Asia as it has colonized many new habitats, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Guadeloupe. This species can keiki from just below the raceme after flowering.
Synonyms Arundina affinis Griff. 1851; Arundina bambusifolia [Roxb]Lindley 1831; Arundina caespitosa Aver. 2007; Arundina cantleyi Hook. f. 1890; Arundina celebica Schltr. 1911; Arundina chinensis Blume 1825; Arundina densa Lindley 1842; Arundina densiflora Hook. f. 1890; Arundina graminifolia subsp. caespitosa (Aver.) H.A.Pedersen & Schuit. 2014; Arundina graminifolia var. revoluta (Hook. f.) A.L. Lamb 1994; Arundina maculata J.J. Sm. 1933; Arundina meyenii (Schauer) Rchb. f. 1852; Arundina minor Lindl. 1831; Arundina philippi Rchb. f. 1852; Arundina philippii var. malayana Ridl. 1907; Arundina pulchella Teijsm. & Binn. 1855; Arundina pulchra Miq. 1861; Arundina revoluta Hkr.f 1890; Arundina revoluta var. borneensis J.J.Sm. 1922; Arundina sanderiana Kraenzl. 1893; Arundina speciosa Bl. 1825; Arundina speciosa var. sarasinorum Schltr. 1925; Arundina stenopetala Gagnep. 1932; Arundina tahitensis Nadeaud 1873; *Bletia graminifolia D. Don 1825; Cymbidium bambusifolium [Lindley]Roxb. 1814; Cymbidium meyenii Schauer 1843; Cymbidium speciosum Reinw. ex Lindl. 1859; Donacopsis laotica Gagnep. 1932; Limodorum graminifolium [D.Don] Buch.-Ham. 1890; Ophrys arundinacea Noronha 1790
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