Calanthe tsoongiana Tang & F.T.Wang 1951 SUBGENUS Calanthe SECTION Vernae
Photo by © Li Lin
Photos by Rogier van Vugt © and his Orchid webpage
Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Drawing by © Liu Chunrong
Common Name Tsoong's Calanthe - In China Wu Ju Xia Ji Lan
Flower Size .6" [1.4 cm]
Found in Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces of China in forests on damp rocks at elevations of 400 to 1500 meters as a cool growing lithophyte with a short rhizome giving rise to subconic pseudobulbs enveloped by 3 to 4 basal sheaths and carrying 2 to 3, well developed at blooming, not deciduous, obovate-lanceolate to oblong, abaxially puberulent, plicate, acuminate, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on an axillary, erect, rachis to 5.6 to 6.4" [14 to 16 cm] long, 13.2 to 22" [33 to 55 cm] long overall, densely hairy, laxly many flowered inflorescence with a scale-like sheath near the middle and persistent, ovate-lanceolate, membraneous, glabrous, acute floral bracts
CAUTION I am not happy with the Brouwer photo determination so please use with caution. The drawing in the Flora of China has a much shorter column and no callus on the lip and certainly not a winged one as in the second set of Photos.
Synonyms Calanthe tsoongiana var. guizhouensis Z.H.Tsi 1985
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as C tsoongiana var guizhouensis; Flora of China Illustrations Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing hmm; The Genus Calanthe Clayton & Cribb 2013 lip drawing hmm/photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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