Ascocentrum ampullaceum [Lindley]Schlechter 1913

Photo by Jay Pfahl

PartialsunHot TO CoolSpring and Summer

Common Name Vein-like Ascocentrum [Lip Spur] - In Thailand Khao kae - Khem daeng - In China Niao She Lan

Flower Size 1/2" to 1 1/4" [1.5 to 2.5 cm]

Found in central China, western Himalayas, Assam India, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam in subtropical forests near rivers often on deciduous trees at elevations of 300 to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing, vandaceous epiphyte, with short, simple, several leafed stems carrying suberect, distichous, ligulate, acutely bifid or truncate and apically toothed leaves that are keeled on the underside and grooved on the top that is a spring through summer bloomer on an axillary, 3 to 8" [8 to 20 cm] long, shorter than the leaves, compact inflorescence that have many small flowers.

Hot to cool temperatures and high humidity as well as bright light are required. It likes wood slat basket culture and needs a slight drying out and cooling in the winter.

Synonyms *Aerides ampullaceum Lindley 1832; Gastrochilus ampullaceus O.Ktze. 1891; Oeceoclades ampullacea (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Voigt 1845; *Saccolabium ampullaceum Lindley 1828; Vanda ampullacea ( Roxb. ) L.M.Gardiner 2012

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Saccolabium ampulleaceum; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Saccolabium ampullaceum drawing fide; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/1982; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Saccolabium ampulleaceum drawing good; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 1 1963; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1963 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #8 1967 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #12 1967 as S sp photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 37 No 3 1968 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 37 # 6 1968; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 photo fide; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 as A ampullaceum var aurianticum; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 6 1984 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 7 1985 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 2 1986 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 51 No 4 1987 photo fide; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 drawing/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 photo fide; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992 photo fide; Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombat 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin No 63 No 9 1994 photo fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 11 1996 drawing fide; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo ok; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; A to z of SE Asian Orchid Species O'Byrne 2001; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 #7 2002 photo fide; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002drawing/photo fide; ; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 3 2003 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 1 2005 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo ok; Flora's Orchid Nash & La Croix 2005; The World's Most Beautiful Orchids Allikas & Nash 2005 photo fide; 100 Sikkim Himalayan Orchids Pradhan 2005 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 2 2006 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 5 2006 photo fide; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 81 #7 2012 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 81 #3 2012 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #1 2015 as Vanda ampullacea photo fide; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015 as Vanda ampulleacea; Taiwania 61(4):319-354 November 2016, New Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Nong, Nguyen and Truong 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #11 2020 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;

Ascocentrum ampullaceum [Lindley]Schlechter var. album 'Fuch's Snow'CHM/AOS

Photo by Jay Pfahl, plant grown by Miramar Orchids

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 6 1998 photo;

Ascocentrum ampullaceum [Lindley]Schlechter Var. aurantiacum

Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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