Calanthe coodei P.J.Cribb 2009 SUBGENUS Calanthe SECTION Calanthe SERIES Triplicata Photo by © Rogier Van Vugt

Common Name Coode's Calanthe [Kew Botanist and original collector of species current]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Sulawesi in wet soil amongst Pandanus at elevations of sealevel to 100 meters as a medium sized, hot growing terrestrial with obscure pseudobulbs carrying 6, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, gradually narrowing below into the channeled petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring through summer on an erect, terminal, puberulous, to 2' [60 cm] long, 15 flowered inflorescence with spreading, lanceolate, acute, pubescent, persistent floral bracts.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 drawing good; The Genus Calanthe Clayton & Cribb 2013 drawing/photo fide;

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