Pleione humilis (Sm.) Don

in Prodr. Fl. Nep. 37 (1825).

Synonymes

Coelogyne humilis (Sm.) Lindl. in Coll. Bot.: 37 (1826).

Cymbidium humile (Sm.) Lindl. in Coll. Bot.:Sub. T. 37 (1825).

Cymbidium humile (Sm.) Lindl. in Coll. Bot.: t. 37 (1826).

Dendrobium humile (Sm.) Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 11: n.º 4 (1808).

Epidendrum humile Sm. in Exot. Bot. 2: 75. T. 98 (1806). (basionyme)

Pleione diantha Schltr. in Orchis 9: 44 (1915).

Répartition

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

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

Floraison : JFM_________. Altitude de 1850 à 3200 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre, épiphyte, lithophyte. Taille de 7 à 10 cm. Feuille unique, de 78-100 × 30-45 mm, elliptiques. Fleurs de 1 à 2, blanches. Sépale dorsal oblong, de 35-42 × 9-10 mm. Sépales latéraux oblongs, de 41-43 × 10-11 mm. Pétales lancéolés, de 40-46 × 7-9 mm. Labelle ovale, de 36-40 × 21-30 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=40.

Photos

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