Calanthe trifida Tang & F.T.Wang 1951 SUBGENUS Calanthe SECTION Vernae

Photos by © MA Liang, CHEN Xinyan, SU Xiangxiu, LAN Siren, CHEN Shipin and The Chinese Journal of TRopical Crops Website

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Common Name or Meaning The Three Pointed Calanthe - in China Lie Ju Xia Ji Lan

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in southwestern Yunnan province of China and Myanmar in broad-leaved forests at elevations around 1700 meters as a large sized, cool growing terrestrial with short, subconic pseudobulbs enveloped by 2 to 3 sheaths and carrying 3, basal, well developed and pspreading at antithesis, not deciduous, elliptic, papery, 5 veined, acuminate, pseudopetiolate base leaves that blooms in the later winter on an axillary, densely puberulent towards the apex, rachis 12" [30 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with persistent, lanceolate, acute, , much shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; and The Chinese Journal of Tropical Crops Vol. 41 ›› Issue (9): 1779-1782, Four New Records Species of Orchidaceae from Fujian Province MA Liang, CHEN Xinyan, SU Xiangxiu, LAN Siren, CHEN Shipin 2020 Photo Fide

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