Ascocentrum aurantiacum (J.J. Sm.) Schltr. 1913 Photo courtesy of Timothy Choltco

Flower Closeup Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

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Common Name The Orange Ascocentrum

Flower Size 3/8"+ [1 cm]

Found in Sulawesi and the Philippines at elevations up to 1200 meters as a monopodial hot to warm growing epiphyte in dark forests and blooms in the spring on an erect, 4" [10 cm] long, many flowered, racemose inflorescence with many flowers. The orchid in the photograph is the sulawesi Island deep orange type not the Phillipine subspecies.

Synonyms *Saccolabium aurantiacum J.J. Sm. 1910

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/1982; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 2 1986 photo; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; A to Z of SE Asian Orchid Species O'Byrne 2001; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003 Flora's Orchid Nash & La Croix 2005;

Ascocentrum aurantiacum Schltr. subsp. philippinense Christenson 1992 Photo courtesy of Joji Lapuz

Found in the Philippines

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