Luisia thailandica Seidenf. 1971

Side View of Flowers Photos by © J B Comber and The Swiss Orchid Foundation a the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name or Meaning The Thailand Luisia

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam at elevations of 1000 to 1400 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring on an axillary, short, successively single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 drawing good/photo fide; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 drawing/photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide;

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