Cyrtosia lindleyana Hook.f. & Thomson

in Hook. F. Illustr. Himal. Pl. T. 22 (1855).

Synonymes

Galeola lindleyana (Hook.f. & Thomson) Rchb.f. in Xen. Orch. 2. 78 (1865).

Erythrorchis lindleyana (Hook.f. & Thomson) Rchb.f. in Bonplandia, 5. 37 (1857).

Galeola kwangsiensis Handel-Mazzetti in Sinensia, 7. 620 (1936).

Galeola matsudai Hayata in Ic. Pl. Formos. 9. 114 (1920).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Chine, Inde, Népal, Sikkim, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tibet.

Chine : Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

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

Sumatra : Aceh, Sumatera Utara.

Taiwan : Nan-t'ou, P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung.

Floraison : ____MJJ_____. Altitude de 700 à 3600 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 120 à 150 cm. Feuilles absentes. Fleurs de 5 à 6, blanches, jaunes, roses. Sépale dorsal elliptique, de 16-20 × 9-11 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, de 16-20 × 9-11 mm. Pétales ovales, de 13-16 × 12-14 mm. Labelle concave, de 10-13 × 5-6 mm.

Bibliographie

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Chow Cheng. Formosan orchids. Tome 1. 1979. Page 258. Photo.

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The wild orchids in Tibet. Tongji University Press. 2023. Page 158 (sous le nom Galeola lindleyana). Photo.