Tainia angustifolia (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f. 1883
Plant with tubers and Flowers Photos by © Pierre Bonnet from the Orchis project website
Plant and Flowers in situ Thailand Photo courtesy of David Kuehn
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Common Name The Narrow-Leafed Tainia
Flower Size 1.5" [3.75 cm]
Found in Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan China and Vietnam on stony, humus rich soils in sparse woods at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters as a miniature to small sized warm growing epiphyte with a chain of underground, globose to ellipsoid tubers giving rise to an erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence occuring in the late summer and fall.
Synonyms *Ania angustifolia Lindl. 1831; Ascotainia angustifolia (Lindl.) Schltr. 1919; Ascotainia sutepensis Rolfe ex Downie 1925; Eulophia evrardii Guillaumin 1930; Mitopetalum angustifolium Blume 1856; Nephelaphyllum evrardii (Guillaumin) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; Pachystoma angustifolium Rchb.f. 1857; Tainia sutepensis (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenf. & Smitinand 1959
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997 as Ania angustifolia
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