Calanthe pulchra

Calanthe pulchra
1847 illustration from
Edwards's Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Calanthe
Species: C. pulchra
Binomial name
Calanthe pulchra
(Blume) Lindl. (1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amblyglottis pulchra Blume (1825) (Basionym)
  • Styloglossum nervosum Breda (1827)
  • Calanthe curculigoides Lindl. (1833)
  • Alismorkis pulchra (Blume) Kuntze (1891)
  • Alismorkis curculigoides (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Calanthe shelfordii Ridl. (1900)

Calanthe pulchra is a species of orchid.

It is found in Laos, Thailand, Borneo, Java, Malaysia, the Philippines and Sumatra[1] in humid forests at elevations of 130 to 1700 meters. It is medium to large sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with close set, small pseduobulbs enveloped by leaf sheaths and carrying 5 to 6, elliptic, acuminate, plicate, gradually narrowing below into the elongate petiolate base leaf that blooms in the apring on a 20 to 24" [50 to 60 cm] long, erect, densely 40 to 60 flowered, racemose inflorescence with large, lanceolate, acute, very concave floral bracts that fall before the odorless flowers open

The small flower and hooked spur are diagnostic for this species.

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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