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Published In: The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 252. 1830-1840[1833]. (May 1833) (Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Contributor Text: J. RENZ
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: February to April.
Type: Type: “Hab. in Napalia et Kamaon”, Wallich.
Distribution: Distribution: Himalaya Mts. in forests. From Kashmir eastwards to Nepal-Bhutan, at elevations up to 2800 m.
Illustration: Calanthe plantaginea Lindl. (Illustration)
Map Location: C-8 Azad Kashmir: Serimang, above Dhuli, in forest, 1500-1800 m, 20.4.1953, A. Rashid, R. R. Stewart & E. Nasir 23722 (RAW, KUH).

 

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Pseudobulbs small. Leaves 2-4, erect, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, with up to 20 cm long, chanelled petioles, blade 20-30 x 4-10 cm. Scape axillary, base enclosed with some leaf-like sheaths. Inflorescence not exceeding the leaves, densely many-flowered, rachis minutely pubescent. Flower about 3 cm across. Perianth segments subequal, pale dull violet; sepals spreading, ovate-lanceolate, acute, c.15 mm long; petals slightly smaller, subfalcate, reflexed. Labellum somewhat darker lilac, connate for the whole length of the column, 3-lobed; side-lobes rhombic-obovate; mid-lobe cuneate-obovate, apiculate; disk 3-lamellate at base. Spur slender, pendulous, as long as or slightly longer than the pedicellate ovary. Ovary downy, pedicel twisted.
 
 
 
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