!Phaius humblotii Rchb.f. 1880
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by Patricia Harding
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Common Name Humblot's Phaius [French Orchid Collector - Madagascar 1900's]
Flower Size more than 2" [7.5 cm]
Found in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands at altitudes of 1000 to 2000 meters in wet semi-deciduous forests and mossy forests as a medium to large sized, cool growing terrestrial with spheric pseudobulbs carrying elliptic-lanceolate, plicate, acute leaves that blooms in the spring through fall on an erect, robust, to 3' [90 cm] and more, apical, racemose inflorescence with several to many [7 to 10] flowers opening in succession over a long period.
This species requires more water in June-Oct while growing.
Synonyms Gastrorchis humblotii [Rchb.f]Schlechter 1925; Gastrorchis humblotii var. rubra (Bosser) Bosser & P.J.Cribb in D.J.Du Puy & al. 1999; Gastrorchis humblotii var. schlechteri (H.Perrier) Senghas ex Bosser & P.J.Cribb 1999; Gastrorchis schlechteri H. Perrier 1930; Gastrorchis schlechterii H. Perrier ex François 1929; Phaius humblotii var. ruber Bosser 1971; Phaius humblotii var. schlechteri (H.Perrier) Bosser 1971; Phaius schlechteri (H. Perrier) Summerh. 1964;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Gastorchis humboltii drawing fide; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Gastorchis schlechteri drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Gastrorchis humblotii; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 15 881 - 944 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1984 as Gastorchis humboltii drawing ok; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 15 881 - 944 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1984 as Gastrorchis schlechteri photo fide; An Introduction to the Angraecoid Orchids of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 62 #4 1998 as P schlechteri photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 1 2004 as P schlechteri photo not = P pulcher; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 2 2004 photo as P schlecteri; Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 1 2007 as Gastorchis humblotii photo fide; Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007 photo fide as Gastrorchis humblotii; Orchid Digest Vol 71 #1 2008 as Gastrorchis humblotii photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide as Gastrorchis humboltii; Orchid Digest Vol 81 #3 2017 as Gastrorchis humblotii photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 as Gastrorchis humblodtii photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 as Gastrorchis humblotii photo fide;
Phaius humblotii var. schlechteri (H.Perrier) Bosser 1971
Photo by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Color Variety of the previous species.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoid Orchids Of Madagascar Hillerman & Holst 1986 as P schlechterii; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 #2 2004 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Herman 2009 photo fide as Gastorchis humboltii
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