Calanthe lechangensis Z.H.Tsi & Tang 1981 SUBGENUS Calanthe SECTION Monophylla Clayton/Cribb 2013
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Common Name The Lechang Calanthe [A city in Guangdong State China] - In China Le Chang Xia Ji Lan
Flower Size 1.4" [3.6 cm]
Found in northern Guangdong province of China at elevations around 100 meters as a medium sized, hot growing terrestrial with conic, small pseudobulbs with 3 sheaths and carrying a single, plicate, not well developed at blooming, not deciduous, broadly elliptic, glabrous, slightly undulate margins, acute, gradually narrowing below into the slender, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, puberulent, to 14" [35 cm] long, laxly 4 to 5 flowered inflorescence,
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo ok; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; The Genus Calanthe Clayton & Cribb 2013 drawing/photo good; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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