Calanthe lambii P.J.Cribb 2009 SUBGENUS Calanthe Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Photo Site

Another Flower Photo by © Peter Maxwell and his Flickr Orchid Photo Site

Common Name or Meaning Lamb's Calanthe [Bornean Orchid Enthusiast current]

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Borneo near Mount Kinabalu in humus in lower and upper montane oak/laurel forests at elevation of 1000 to 3000 meters as a medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial orchid with close set, oblong pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, plicate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, gradually narrowing basally into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, terete, pubescent, 18 to 34" [45 to 85 cm] long, moderately densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuimnate, strongly reflexed, pubescent, persistent floral bracts

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 3 2009 drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide

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