Calanthe biloba Lindley 1855 SUBGENUS Calanthe SECTION Calanthe
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Common Name The Two Lobed Calanthe [refers to the lip] - In China Er Lie Xia Ji Lan
Flower Size .8 to 1.4" [2 to 3.5 cm]
Found in southwestern China, Assam, Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar and Thailand in thickets along streams at elevations of 1220 to 2800 meters as a medium to large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with clustered, stout, elongate, cylindric pseudobulbs carrying 4 to 6, unequal, broadly lanceolate to ovate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an axillary from the lowest leaf, peduncle to 13.6" [34 cm] long, pubescent, with 2 to 3 clasping, lanceolate, acuminate, sterile sheathing bracts, rachis to 6.4" [16 cm] long, 14.4" to 20" [36 to 50 cm] long, laxly to 8 flowered inflorecence with linear-lanceolate, acuminate, persistent floral bracts.
Synonyms Alismorchis biloba (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Calanthe biloba var. diptera Hook.f. 1890; Calanthe biloba var. obtusata C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 29 Nr 2 Seidenfaden 1975 drawing good; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; 100 Sikkim Himalayan Orchids Pradhan 2005 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; The Genus Calanthe Clayton & Cribb 2013 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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