Holcoglossum amesianum (Rchb. f.) Christenson 1987
Different aspect of frontal view of flower
Photo by Jay Pfahl
Photo by Jean Claude George
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Common Name Ames' Holcoglossum [American Botanist early 1900's] - In China Da Gen Cao She Lan
Flower Size to 2" to 2 1/2" [5 cm to 6.75 cm]
A pendant, medium sized, cold to warm growing epiphyte and lithophyte found in Assam India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China and Thailand in full sun on rocks or as an epiphyte in primary montane forests at 1200 to 1600 meters in elevation with a long, leafy stem carrying rigid-coriaceous, arcuate or straight, channeled, linear-tapering, acuminate or acute, terete, dark green leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on a simple or branched, axillary, to 2 1/2' [75 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with ovate-olliptic, obtuse bracts and has several to many [15 to 50] fragrant, color variable flowers.
Synonyms Holcoglossum amesianum f. album (B.S.Williams) Christenson 1993 publ. 1994; Paraholcoglossum amesianum (Rchb.f.) Z.J.Liu, S.C.Chen & L.J.Chen 2011; *Vanda amesiana Rchb. f. 1887; Vanda amesiana var. alba B.S.Williams 1894
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Vanda amesiana; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 photo good; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Vanda amesiana drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1963 as Vanda amesiana drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Vanda amesiana; AOS Bulletin Vol 38 #8 1969 photo drawing fide; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 as Vanda amesiana photo fide; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 photo fide as Vanda amesiana; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 drawing/photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 photo ok; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 drawing fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 as Vanda amesiana; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 12 1995; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 5 2005; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 82 #3 2013 as Paraholcoglossum amesianum photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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