Ascocentrum christensonianum Haager 1993

Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

Flower Closeup

Another Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Billie Roth

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Common Name Christenson's Ascocentrum [American Botanist and Orchid Enthisiast Current]

Flower Size

Found in Vietnam in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 700 meters on the branches of forest trees as a hot to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte that has reddish green strap shaped leaves and blooms in the spring and fall with an erect, axillary, 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long inflorescence.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora's Orchid Nash & La Croix 2005; A to z of SE Asian Orchid Species O'Byrne 2001; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 1 2005 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 No 2 2009 photo;