Pecteilis susannae (L.) Raf. 1837

Photo by Peter O'Byrne, courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel, André Schuiteman and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

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Common Name or Meaning Susanna's Pecteilis [wife of Rumphius, Dutch Botanist 1600's] - In Thailand - Ueang tin kop, Ueang saowana, Nang ua, Wan narat, Wan nak kha rat, Ueang ang kai- In China Long Tou Lan

Flower Size 1.6 to 4" [4 to 10 cm]

Found in Assam India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas and Sulawesi at elevations of 350 to 2500 meters as a large to giant sized, hot to cold growing terrestrial orchid with an ovoid-cylindric tuber giving rise to an erect, thick, leafy stem with basal sheaths and carrying, many, distant, ovate-oblong, acute, sessile leaves that blooms in the late spring, summer and fall on a subumbellate, laxly 3 to 5 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute to acuminate, minutely glandular pubescent floral bracts and carrying nocturnally fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Habenaria susannae (L.) R.Br. 1810; Hemihabenaria susannae (L.) Finet 1902; *Orchis susannae L. 1753; Platanthera robusta Lindl. 1835; Platanthera susannae (L.) Lindl. 1835

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855 as Platanthera susannae; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as Platanthera susannae; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905 as Platanthera susannae; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906 as Habenaria susannae drawing fide; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as Platanthera suzannae drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Platanthera suzannae; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Hemihabenaria susannae drawing fide; Flore Generale de Indo-Chine Volume 6 Gagnepain 1934 as Habenaria susannae; AOS Bulletin Vol 15 # 6 1946 as Habenaria susannae photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 10 1957 as Habenaria suzannae drawing fide; Flora Of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 as Habenaria susannae drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 4 1958 as Habenaria susanae photo fide; The Orchids of Thaialand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 No 3 1969 photo fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973; Contributions to a Revision of the Orchid Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Seidenfaden 1975 as Habenaria susanae; Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as Platanthera susanae drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 31 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand V Orchidoideae Seidenfaden 1977 drawing fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 photo fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Wood & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing/photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 drawing fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 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 Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing 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; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;

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