Acampe rigida (Buchanan-Hamilton) P.F.Hunt

in Kew Bull. 24: 98 (1970).

Synonymes

Acampe intermedia Rchb.f. in Allg. Gartenz. 24: 217 (1856).

Acampe longifolia (Lindl.) Lindl. in Fol. Orch. Acampe. 1 (1853).

Acampe multiflora (Lindl.) Lindl. in Fol. Orch. Acampe. 1 (1853).

Acampe nyassana Schltr. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 53: 594 (1915).

Acampe penangiana Ridl. in J. Linn. Soc. 32: 358 (1896).

Acampe taiwaniana S.S.Ying in Chinese Fl., 9: 30 (1974).

Acampe wightiana var. longepedunculata Trimen in Syst. Cat. Ceylon. 90 (1885).

Aerides rigida Buchanan-Hamilton in J. E. Smith, Rees. Cyclop. 39:Aerides. N. 12 (1819). (basionyme)

Gastrochilus longifolius (Lindl.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 661 (1891).

Saccolabium longifolium (Lindl.) Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 62 (1890).

Vanda longifolia Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orch. 215 (1833).

Vanda multiflora Lindl. in Coll. Bot. T. 38 (1826).

Vanda vimena Guillaum. in Bull. Soc. Fr. 77: 336 (1930).

Vanda viminea Guillaum. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 336 (1930).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Ceylan, Chine, Cambodge, Hong Kong, Inde, Laos, Malaisie, Népal, Nouvelle Guinée, Sikkim, Taiwan, Thaïlande, Vietnam.

Chine : Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh.

Taiwan : Hsin-chu, Kao-hsiung, Kao-hsiung city, Nan-t'ou, New T'ai-pei, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan.

Floraison : JFMAMJJASOND. Altitude de 0 à 1375 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 18 à 40 cm. Bractées ovales. Fleurs de 4 à 7, jaunes, violettes, à parfum de banane. Eperon de 0 à 2 mm, conique. Sépale dorsal elliptique, oblong, de 14-15 × 7-8 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, oblongs, de 11-13 × 6-7 mm. Pétales oblongs, de 0-9 × 0-3 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 8-9 × 4-5 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=38.

Commentaires

Proche de A. wightiana, présente dans l'île d'Aldabra.

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