Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Bentham

in Hooker Fil., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 108 (1890).

Synonymes

Adenostylis arisanensis (Hayata) Hayata in Ic. Pl. Formos. 4. Add. & Corr (1915).

Aetheria mollis Lindl. in J. Linn. Soc. 1: 184 (1857).

Hetaeria affinis Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7383 (1832). (basionyme)

Monochilus affinis Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orch. 487 (1840).

Zeuxine arisanensis Hayata in Ic. Pl. Formos. 106 (1914).

Zeuxine niijimai Masam. & Tatewaki in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 1932, 46. 772 (1932).

Zeuxine sutepensis Rolfe in Downie, Kew. Bull. 413 (1925).

Zeuxine uraiensis S.S.Ying in Col. Ill. Indig. Orch. Taiwan 3: 620 (1988).

Répartition

Andaman et Nicobar, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Laos, Malaisie, Sikkim, Taiwan, Thaïlande, Vietnam.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Taiwan : P'ing-tung, T'ai-tung.

Floraison : _FMA________. Altitude de 700 à 2000 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 13 à 35 cm. Feuilles de 4 à 6, de 25-35 × 12-25 mm, lancéolées, ovales. Bractées lancéolées. Inflorescence . Fleurs de 4 à 15, blanches, vertes, brunes. Sépale dorsal ovale, de 5-6 × 3-4 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, ovales, de 5-6 × 0-2 mm. Pétales elliptiques, de 4-6 × 1-2 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 7-9 × 2-3 mm.

Photos

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