!Anthogonium gracile Wall. 1832

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Common Name The Slender Anthogonium - In Thailand - Wan phrao - In China Tong Ban Lan

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

A deciduous, miniature to medium sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial found in Assam India, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanamar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and China in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of 1200 to 2300 meters with partially partly buried, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 5, deciduous, stalked, narrowly lanceolate leaves that blooms in the later summer and fall on an erect, basal, slender, to 18" [45 cm] long, 1 branched or simple, rather dense apically, racemose inflorescence with 10 to 12 flowers that do not open well.

Synonyms Anthogonium corydaloides Schltr. 1919; Anthogonium gracile Lindl. 1832; Anthogonium griffithii Rchb.f. 1845

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1856; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 10 1957 drawing; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 43-46 Thuniinae etc 1984 drawing/photo fide; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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