Ascocentrum page

Ascocentrum has about six species in Asia and the Philippines that are compact vanda like plants and have upright inflorescences with dense cones of smaller flowers. Most of these plants are warm to intermediate growers that like slat basket culture with little or no potting media. Ascocentrum was first described by Schlechter in 1913 based on Saccolabium miniatum [Lindley], pictured below, which has a distinctly different elongate, nearly flat mid lobe to the lip and the posterior side of the lip almost touches the column.

Ascocentrum Species List

The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

1. ampullaceum Lindl.
- Tropical Himalayas, Burma, and Thailand - Alt 300-900m - epiphyte

~aurantiacum Schltr. - See Saccolabium aurianticum

~aureum J.J.Sm -

2. curvifolium Lindl.
- Nepal, India[Assam], Burma, Thailand and Indo-china - epiphyte
3. garayi Christ.
-Indochina
4. hendersonianum
- Borneo - Flowers in Spring

~himalaicum [Deb Sengupta & MAlik] E.A.Christenson - See Saccolabium himalaicum

5. insularum E.A. Christenson
- Borneo

~micranthum [Lindl.]Holttum - See Saccolabium micranthum

6. miniatum Lindl.
- Himalayas to Thailand, Malaysia and Java - epiphyte
7. pumilum
- Taiwan - Flowers in Winter - Shade
8. pusillum Aver`yanov
- Vietnam

~rubescens [Rolfe] P.F.Hunt - See Saccolabium rubescens

~rubrum [Lindl.]Seidenf. - See Saccolabium rubrum

9. semiteretifolium Seidenf.
- Thailand

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