!Acriopsis liliifolia [Koenig] Ormerod 1995
Photos and Award winning plant by Jay Pfahl
Photo courtesy of Wolfgang H. Bandisch. Copyright © 1998, 1999 All rights reserved. And his Papua & New Guinea Orchid Species site
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Common Name or Meaning The Lily-Like Leaf Acriopsis - In Thailand - Ruhini
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Thailand, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Northern Australia and the Philippines from sealevel to under 1600 meters in altitude in lowland swamps and montane forests as well as semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 700 meters with small, clustered, ovoid, 5 to 7 noded pseudobulbs and carries 3 to 4 apical, coriaceous, linear, obtuse leaves that blooms in the spring, summer and fall on a basal, 22" [25 cm] long, erect, paniculate inflorescence with many [to 200] flowers arising basally with basal .
Moderate shade and humidity as well as hot to warm conditions are required with a dry period when not growing and then ample water while in growth to have this epiphytic orchid bloom and has a symbiotic relationship with ants
In Java treatments for fevers associated with Malaria have been treated by boiling the plant and making a broth which is taken by mouth.
Synonyms Acriopsis annamica Finet 1911; Acriopsis crispa Griff.; Acriopsis floribunda Ames 1920; Acriopsis griffithii Rchb. f. 1854; Acriopsis harae Tuyama 1964; Acriopsis insulari-silvatica Fukuy. 1938; !Acriopsis javanica Reinw. ex Blume 1825; Acriopsis javanica var. auriculata Minderh. & de Vogel 1986; Acriopsis javanica var. floribunda (Ames) Minderh. & de Vogel 1986; Acriopsis javanica var. nelsoniana (F.M.Bailey) J.J.Sm. 1929; Acriopsis liliifolia var. auriculata (Minderh. & de Vogel) J.J.Wood 2001; Acriopsis nelsoniana F.M. Bailey 1883; Acriopsis papuana Kraenzl. ex K. Schum. & Lauterb. 1905; Acriopsis philippinensis Ames 1908; Acriopsis picta Lindl. 1843; Acriopsis sumatrana Schltr. 1900; *Epidendrum liliifolium Koenig 1791; Spathoglottis trivalvis Lindl. 1828
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 as A griffithii; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as A javanica; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as Acriopsis javanica; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as Acriopsis javanica drawing fide; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as A philippinensis drawing fide; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913 as A nelsoniana drawing good; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as A javanica; The Orchids Of Malaya Holtum 1953 as A javanica; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 4 1959; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961 as A javanica drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids 1965 as A javanica drawing fide ; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 6 1978; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 photo fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 as A javanica; Opera Botanica #72 Orchid Genera in Thailand XI Cymbidiaeae Seidenfaden 1983 drawing fide; Orchidiana Philippiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Monographs Vol 1 De Vogel 1986 as A javanica; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 as A javanica photo fide; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 as A javanica drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 25 1520 - 1584 Brieger 1991 as A javanica drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 as A javanica drawing/photo fide; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992 as A javanica; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993 as A javanica; Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family Dressler 1993 as A javanica photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 as A javanica; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994 as A javanica; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995 as A javanica; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Teo 1995 as Acriopsis javanica; Living with Orchids in Sumatra Landau 1996 as Acriopsis javanica photo fide; Orchids of Papua New Guinea Millar 1999 as Acriopsis javanica photo fide; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 as A javanica photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001; The A to Z of SE Asian Orchid Species O'Byrne 2001 A liliifolia photo fide; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 as A javanica photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood 2001 photos fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood, Beaman etal 2001 as A liliifolia var auriculata; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glenn 2002; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood 2001 photos fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 drawing fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 8 2004 as A javanica photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol III Shuiteman and de Vogel 2006; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as A harae; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo fide; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 as A indica photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; Turczaninowia 16(4):26-46 NEW AND RARE ORCHIDS (ORCHIDACEAE) IN THE FLORA OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS Averyanov 2013;
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