Holcoglossum flavescens (Schltr.) Z.H. Tsi 1982 Photo courtesy of Scott Mcgregor
Plant and Inflorescence Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website
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EARLY
Common Name The Yellowish Holcoglossum
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Endemic to China in Yunnan Province on tree trunks in broad-leafed, evergreen forests as a terete leafed, monopodial, miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphtye at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters with a short atem carrying several short leaves that blooms on a short, axillary, several congested flowered inflorescence occuring in the winter and early spring.
Synonyms *Aerides flavescens Schltr. 1924; Holcoglossum yunnanense hort; Papilionanthe flavescens (Schltr.) Garay 1974; Saccolabium yunpeense (Schltr.) T. Tang & F.T. Wang 1951
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 12 1995 photo; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 5 2006 photo;
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