Calanthe biloba Lindl.

in Fol. Orch. Cal. 3 (1854).

Synonymes

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

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Népal, Sikkim, Thaïlande.

Chine : Yunnan.

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

Floraison : ________SOND. Altitude de 1000 à 2000 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 50 à 70 cm. Feuilles de 3 à 4, de 120-300 × 50-110 mm, elliptiques. Inflorescence . Sépale dorsal lancéolé, ovale, de 14-17 × 8-12 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, ovales, de 14-17 × 8-12 mm. Pétales oblongs, de 10-12 × 4-6 mm. Labelle bilobé.

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