Calanthe lambii P.J.Cribb 2009 SUBGENUS Calanthe SECTION Calanthe SERIES Triplicata
Plant and Flowers in situ Mt Kinabalu Borneo
Photos by © Rogier Van Vugt and His PBase Orchid Photo Website
Photo by © Eric Hunt
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Common Name or Meaning Lamb's Calanthe [Bornean Orchid Enthusiast current]
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Borneo near Mount Kinabalu in humus in lower and upper montane oak/laurel forests at elevation of 1000 to 3000 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with close set, oblong pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, plicate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, gradually narrowing basally into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, terete, pubescent, 18 to 34" [45 to 85 cm] long, moderately densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, strongly reflexed, pubescent, persistent floral bracts
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide; The Genus Calanthe Clayton & Cribb 2013 drawing/photo fide;
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