Phalaenopsis difformis (Wallich) Kocyan & Schuit.

in Phytotaxa 161(1) : 67 (2014).

Synonymes

Ornithochilus difformis (Wallich) Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Beih. 4: 277 (1919).

Aerides difforme Wallich in Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 242 (1833). (basionyme)

Aerides hystrix Lindl. in J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3: 42 (1858).

Ornithochilus delavayi Finet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 43: 496 (1896).

Ornithochilus eublepharon Hance in J. Bot. 22: 364 (1884).

Ornithochilus fuscus Wallich in Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 242 (1833).

Sarcochilus difformis (Wallich) Tang & Wang in Act. Phytotax. Sin. 1. 1: 92 (1951).

Trichoglottis difformis (Wallich) Ban & Huyen in Fl. Taynguyen. 206 (1984).

Vanda doritoides Guillaum. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 77: 334 (1930).

Ornithochilus kinabaluensis (J.J.Wood, A.Lamb & Shim) R.Rice & A.Lamb in Photo Intro Wild Orchids Borneo: 84 (2017).

Ornithochilus doritoides (Guillaum.) R.Rice in Photo Intro Vandoid Orchid Gen. Asia: 156 (2018).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Borneo, Chine, Cambodge, Inde, Laos, Malaisie, Népal, Sikkim, Sumatra, Thaïlande, Tibet, Vietnam.

Borneo : Sabah.

Chine : Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

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

Sumatra : Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Utara.

Floraison : JF___JJ____D. Altitude de 900 à 2100 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 0 à 35 cm. Feuilles de 2 à 6, de 75-160 × 30-45 mm, elliptiques, oblongues. Fleurs de 25 à 30, jaunes, roses. Sépale dorsal concave, oblong, de 0-5 × 1-2 mm. Sépales latéraux oblongs, ovales, de 0-6 × 0-3 mm. Pétales oblongs, de 0-4 × 0-1 mm. Labelle trilobé. Chromosomes : 2n=38.

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