Calanthe plantaginea Lindl.

in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 250 (1833).

Synonymes

Alismorchis lindleyana Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 650 (1891).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Népal, Pakistan, Sikkim, Tibet.

Chine : Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh.

Floraison : _FMA__J_____. Altitude de 1500 à 2800 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 7 à 50 cm. Feuilles de 2 à 4, de 200-300 × 40-100 mm, elliptiques. Ovaire pédicellé. Fleurs de 12 à 20, violettes. Eperon de 21 à 26 mm, aussi long que l'ovaire, plus long que l'ovaire. Sépale dorsal lancéolé, ovale, de 13-14 × 3-4 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, ovales, de 13-15 × 4-5 mm. Pétales lancéolés, de 10-13 × 2-3 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 9-11 × 11-13 mm. Dessins du labelle : . Chromosomes : 2n=40.

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