Cheirostylis spathulata J.J. Smith, 1927
Photo by © Photo by Pieter C. Brouwer and his Orchid Website
Photos by David Jubineau
Common Name The Sheathed Cheirostylis
Flower Size .6 to .65" [1.5 to 1.7 cm] long
Found in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Java and Borneo on limestone in lowland seasonal evergreen forests and tropical rainforests at elevations of 50 to 800 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with 4 to 6, basal, pale gray-green with dark gray green nerves, narrowly ovate to ovate, acute, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, tomentose, 4.8 to 6.4" [12 to 16 cm] long, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence
Cheirostylis didymachantha is often given as as synonym of C spathulata and most likely is but I have left them separate for now as the differences to me seem warranted for separation.
Synonyms Cheirostylis grandiflora sensu Gagnepain 1934 non Bl.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as C sp TS 2508 drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 32 nr 2 Orchids of Thailand VI Neottiideae Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Orchids of Borneo Wood Vol 4 2003 drawing fide/photo not; Orchids of Vietnam, Illustrated survey, part 1 Averyanov 2008; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing fide; Turczaninowia 2011, 14(2) : 15–100 Averyanov 2011; Turczaninowia 16(4):26-46 NEW AND RARE ORCHIDS (ORCHIDACEAE) IN THE FLORA OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS Averyanov 2013 photo fide
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