Calanthe alismaefolia Lindl.

in Fol. Orch (1854).

Synonymes

Alismorchis alismaefolia (Lindl.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 650 (1891).

Alismorchis japonica (Blume) Kuntze in Rev. Gen.: 650 (1891).

Calanthe austrokiusiuensis Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. & Geobot., Kyoto, 1936, 5. 55 (1936).

Calanthe fauriei Schltr. in Fedde. Repert. Beih. 4. 66 (1919).

Calanthe furcata var. alismaefolia (Lindl.) Hiroe in Orchid Flowers. 2: 88 (1971).

Calanthe japonica Blume in Miquel, Prol. Fl. Jap.: 137 (1867).

Calanthe nigropuncticulata Fukuyama in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 1934, 48. 437 (1934).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Japon, Laos, Sikkim, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam.

Chine : Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Taiwan : Hsin-chu, I-lan, Nan-t'ou, New T'ai-pei, T'ao-yuan.

Floraison : ___AMJJ_____. Altitude de 300 à 2100 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 20 à 40 cm. Feuilles de 2 à 3, de 100-230 × 50-130 mm, elliptiques, ovales. Fleurs de 3 à 25, blanches. Sépale dorsal elliptique, ovale, de 10-12 × 6-7 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, ovales, de 10-12 × 7-8 mm. Pétales en spatule, de 7-10 × 4-6 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 10-20 × 6-10 mm.

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