Ipsea thailandica Seidenf. 1997
Psuedobulb Photos by © Manorot Tangsaveepha and hisButterfly and Orchids Website
Photos courtesy of David Jubineau And His Bulbophyllum & Co. Website
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Common Name The Thai Ipsea
Flower Size 1 1/4" [3 cm]
Found in Thailand in grasslands at elevations under 1000 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with conic, leafless at blooming pseudobulbs enveloped by scarious sheaths and giving rise to an erect, finely white pubescent, 1 to several flowered inflorescence needing a dry winter rest to bloom in the winter with fragrant flowers.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001; The Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo good; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide;
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