Renanthera page

SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae. This genus is comprised of some 15 species from SE Asia to the Philippines. They are best grown in wood slat baskets and as a rule like partial to full sun and unlike Vanda less water and fertilizer after blooming. Otherwize their growing habit is very much like Vanda.

Renanthera Species List

The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

Growing Orchids, Book 3, J.N. Rentoul, published by Lothian

A Guide to Growing Orchids of the World, By Hodgson, Paine and Anderson

Orchids Of Asia, By Teoh Eng Soon, Published by Timber Press

Species names that are synonyms of an accepted species are denoted with a ~.

~alba Ridl. - See Arachnanthe alba

1. amablis Baxall ex Naves.
- Philippines
2. angustifolia Hkr.f.
- Perak Malaysia
3. annamensis Rolfe
- Indo China
4. arachnites Lindl.
5. auyongii E.A.Christ.
- Sarawak
6. bella J.J.Wood
- Borneo - slow growing - minature

~bilinguis Rchb.f. - See Arachnanthe bilinguis

7. coccinea Lour.
- South China, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia - Flowers from March til May -
8. edefeldtii Muell. & Kraen.
- New Guinea
9. elongata Lindl.
- Malaysia - Full sun - Warm Grower
10. evrardii Guil.
- Indochina
11. flosaeris Rchb.f
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12. hennisiana Schltr.
- Burma

~histrionica Rchb.f - See Renanthrella histrionica

~hookeriana Rchb.f - See Arachnis hookeriana

13. imshootiana Rolfe
- India, Burma and Indochina - Flowers in Summer
14. isosepala
- Thailand, Isthmus of Kra - Closely related to coccinea

~labrosa Rchb.f - See aArachnanthe bilinguis

15. leopardina Hort. ex Gentil
16. lowei Rchb.f.
- Burma

~maincathi Auct. - See R. maingayi

~maingayi Ridl. - See Arachnanthe maingayi

17. matutina [Blume] Lindl.
- Malaya, Java and Sumatra - Flowers in Autumn - Hot grower

~micrantha Blume - See elongata

18. moluccana Blume
- Amboin Isl.
19. monachica Ames
- The Philippines - Flowers in the spring - Warm Grower
20. moschifera [Blume]Hassk.
- Java
21. papilio King & Prain.

~philippinensis L.O.Wms. - See R. storei var philippinensis

22. pulchella Rolfe
- Burma
23. ramuana Kraenzl.
- New Guinea

~rohaniana Rchb.f - See R. storei

24. sarcanthoides J.J.Sm.
- Sumatra
25. storei Rchb.f.
- The Philippines - Flowers in Summer - Hot grower

var philippinensis

26. striata Rolfe
27. sulingl Lindl.
- Java
28. trichoglottis Ridl.
- Borneo

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