Habenaria rhodocheila Hance 1866 H rhodocheila Complex
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Photo by © Manorot Tangsaveepha
Side View of Flower Photos by © Jay Pfahl
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Common Name The Red-Lipped Habenaria - in Thailand - Pat daeng, Sang Hin, Lin mangkon - In China Cheng Huang Yu Feng Hua
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines growing on mossy rocks in mixed deciduous forests, grassy pine forests or bamboo forests often near streams and waterfalls at elevations of 200 to 1300 meters as a showy, small sized, hot to cool terrestrial or lithophyte with bulbous or fleshy roots and a stem with 1 to 2 below and 3 to 4 above, linear-lanceolate, attenuate into a petiole below, acuminate or mucronate at the apex leaves that blooms in the summer and early fall with about 10 flowers on a terminal, to about 2' [60 cm] long, erect, several [10] flowered raceme with long-lasting, color variable flowers and ovate floral bracts.
Over the years several new species have been cut out of this species and include H erichmichaelii, H janellehayneiana, H roeblenii and H xanthocheila.
Synonyms Habenaria militaris Rchb.f 1186; Habenaria militaris var. philippinensis Ames 1908; Habenaria pusila Rchb.f 1878; Habenaria rhodocheila subsp. philippinensis (Ames) Christenson 1992; Habenaria rhodocheila var. philippinensis (Ames) Ames in ?.; Habenaria rodgeri W.W.Sm. & Banerji 1914; Smithanthe rhodochelia (Hance) Szlach. & Marg. 2004; Smithanthe rhodochelia subsp. philippinensis (Ames) Szlach. & Marg. 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as H pusilla; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol II Ames 1908 as H militaris var philippensis; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as H pusilla; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol V Ames 1915 as H militaris var philipinenesis; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; Flore Generale de Indo-Chine Volume 6 Gagnepain 1934; Flora Of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitnand 1959 drawing good; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 # 3 1967 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #8 1967 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 3 1969; Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle % No 71 Seidenfaden 1972; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257- 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 photo fide; Contributions to a Revision of the Orchid Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Seidenfaden 1975; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide; The Genera of Orchidceae in Hong Kong Hu 1977; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 31 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand V Orchidoideae Seidenfaden 1977 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 4 1979 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 6 1982 photo; Orchidiana Philippiniana vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as H militaris var philippinensis; Native Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Teo 1985 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 3/227-9 1991 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 #3 1992 photo fide; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Launert & Cribb 1992 photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing/photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombat 1992 as H miitaris var rhodocheila photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombat 1992 as H miitaris var aureocheila photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 3 1994 drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Orchids of the Singapore Botanic Gardens Wing 1995 photo fide; Manual Of Orchids Stewart 1995 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 2 1998 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 12 1998 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 5 1999 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 9 1999 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 2 2001 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Orchidoideae [Part one] Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 drawing fide; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002 Photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003 as H rhodocheila var philippinense; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005 pgoto fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Atlas of Wild Orchids in Hainan Island, China Shenyan and Junmei 2010 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing/photo fide; The Wild Orchids of Hong Kong Barretto, Cribb and Gale 2011 drawing/photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; Orchideen Series C Band 74 Thiv & Worz 2012 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 82 #12 2013 photo fide; A Guide to the Orchids of Myanmar Kurzweil & Lwin 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #8 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #10 2016 photo fide; Orchideen Journal Vol 5 #4 Timothy C. Choltco, Brett Moloney & Gary Yong Gee 2017; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #9 2017 photo fide; Checklist of Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Saw and Chung 2017; Orchids [AOS] Vol 87 No 6 2018 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 82 #3 2018 Photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #10 2018 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #1 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #9 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #11 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #1 2020 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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