Gastrochilus acutifolius (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 SECTION Gastrochilus
Photo by Eric Hunt
Common Name The Pointed-Leaf Gastrochilus
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar and Vietnam in open primary, mossy, semi-deciduous, broad-leafed, mixed and coniferous forests at elevations of 700 to 900 meters as a small to medium sized, warm growing, epiphytic species with elongate, slender stems enveloped basally by leaf bases and carrying distichous, linear-oblong, acute or acuminate, leathery leaves that blooms in the fall with a densly several [8] flowered, 2" [5 cm] long, corymbose inflorescence that has fragrant flowers and is a strap leafed vandanaceous plant that needs even watering and bright light year round.
Synonyms Aerides umbellatum Wall. 1824; Gastrochilus dentatus (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Gastrochilus denticulatus (Paxton) Kuntze 1891; *Saccolabium acutifolium Lindl. 1833; Saccolabium dentatum Rchb.f. 1864; Saccolabium denticulatum Paxt. 1840
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as Saccolabium denticulatum; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as Saccolabium acutifolium; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Saccolabium acutifolium; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Saccolabium acutifolium drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Saccolabium acutifolium drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 1 1963; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 9 1985 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 photo ok; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991 as Saccolabium acutifolium; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 photo fide; 100 Sikkim Himalayan Orchids Pradhan 2005 photo good; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 photo ok; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo ok; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #2 2020 photo fide; Notes on the genus Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae) in Myanmar LIU, ZHOU, LI, TAN, ZYAW, XING, GAO 2020
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