Acanthephippium striatum Lindley 1838 Photo courtesy of David Morris and Clackamas Orchids

Flowers and plant in situ Northern Thailand 6/01 Photo courtesy of David Kuehn

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Common Name or Meaning The Striped Acanthephippium

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]

Flowers in the spring and summer on an erect, short to 1.6" [4 cm] long, bracteate inflorescence arising with a new growth that has 2 to 5, fragrant, resupinate, cup-like flowers and is found in the subtropical foothills of the Himalayas, in Assam, the eastern Himalayas, Lower India, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, China and Taiwan in soils that are constantly dampened by mists and splash along steep watercourses at elevations of 660 to 2000 meters is a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with closely approximate, narrowly conical psuedobulbs enveloped baslly by a few violet streaked sheaths and carrying one or two, elliptic, acuminate leaves that narrows into an elongate petiole.

Synonyms Acanthephippium simplex Aver. 1994; Acanthophippium striatum Lindl. 1838; Acanthephippium unguiculatum (Hayata) Fukuy. 1934; Tainia unguiculata Hayata 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992; Orchids of Malaysia Vol 1 Holtum 1953; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Steiddenfadden &Wood 1992; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2007