Calanthe taenioides J.J.Sm. 1928 SUBGENUS Calanthe SECTION Calanthe
Photo by © J B Comber
Drawing by © Seidenfaden
Common Name The Tainia Like Calanthe
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in penninsular Malayasia, Java and Sumatra at elevations around 1600 meters as a medium sized, cool growing terresttrial with a small pseudobulb carrying a single, elliptic, 5 to 7 nerved, glabrous above, finely hairy beneath, petiolate base leaf that blooms on an erect, distinctly patently shortly hairy, peduncle 8.8 to 13.6" [22 to 34 cm] long, 12 to 16.8" [30 to 42 cm] long overall, rachis 3.2" [8 cm] long, 10 to 14 flowered inflorescence with persistent, triangular floral bracts and carrying small white flowers.
Seidenfaden states that this orchid is one of a small group of Calanthe with single leaves and this one can be easily separated by the spur that is half as long as C monophylla and the epichile of the lip contracted inot a long cuspidate tip that is not bilobulately widening.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 17 2016 collection sheet ok;
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