Phaius delavayi (Finet) P.J.Cribb & Perner 2002
Photo courtesy of Orchid Society Of China Website
Photo courtesy of Societe' des Amatuers de Jardins Alpins
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Common Name or Meaning Delavay's Phaius [French Missionary and Plant Collector later 1800 to earlier 1900] - In China Shao Hua He Ding Lan
Flower Size 1.8" [4.5 cm]
Found in Yunnan province of China near streams in mixed forests at elevations of 1500 to 3500 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with subglobose pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 4, plicate, elliptic to obovate-lanceolate, glabrous, acute, basally clasping leaves and blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, terminal, 16" [40 cm] long, few to several flowered inflorescence with persistent, lanceolate floral bracts and carrying nodding, wide open flowers.
Synonyms Calanthe coelogyniformis Kraenzl. 1908; *Calanthe delavayi Finet 1900
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 60 No 3 1991 as Calanthe delavayi photo ok; Orchids of Huanglong Perner, Tang Si-Yuan 2007 photos fide; Flora Of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora Of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 Fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photo ok
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