Calanthe clavata Lindl. 1833 SECTION Styloglossum Photo by Akaradet L. and © Save Bird Website

Opening Inflorescence Showing deciduous floral bracts Photo by © Aroana Website

Common Name The Short Spurred Calanthe - In China Bang Ju Xia Ji Lan

Flower Size .6 to .8" [1.5 to 2 cm]

Found in southern Chian, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam in dense forests and along valleys at elevations of 800 to 1300 meters as a medium to large sized, cool growing terrestrial with small pseudobulbs envelpoped by leaf sheaths and carrying 2 to3, narrowly elliptic, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a lateral, usually solitary, erect, to 16" [40 cm] long, racemose, successively many flowered inflorescence

CAUTION I cannot be sure of this determination so please use with caution.

Synonyms Alismorkis clavata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Calanthe clavata var. malipoensis Z.H.Tsi 1981

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing ok; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo good; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo good; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Illustrations Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing good; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 7 2011 drawing good [does not show 2 keels on lip which are clearly evident in the photo above].

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