~Calanthe masuca (D. Don) Lindl. 1833 - See Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. 1833 Photo courtesy of David Jubineau and His Bulbophyllum Pages Copyright ©

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Flower SizeFound in India, Nepal, Sikkim, Guangdong China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and the Ryukyus Islands in temperate forests at elevations of 2000 to 2800 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with small narrowly conical pseudobulbs and several, plicate, broadly elliptic, acute,narrowing below into the petiolate or sessile base leaves that blooms in the summmer on an erect, 5 to 6" [12.5 to 15 cm] long, successively several to many [10 to 15] flowered inflorescence.

Often cited as a synonym of Calanthe sylvatica, I will leave it and it's synonyms separate at this time. These synonyms are also listed under Calanthe sylvatica.

Synonyms Alismorchis emarginata [Bl] Kuntze 1891; Alismorchis masuca (D.Don) Kuntze 1891; Alismorchis pleichroma [Rchb.f] Kuntze 1891; Alismorchis purpurea (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Alismorchis textori (Miq.) Kuntze 1891; Amblyglottis emarginata Blume 1825; *Bletia masuca D. Don 1825; Calanthe albolongicalcarata S.S.Ying 1974; Calanthe curtisii Rchb.f. 1884; Calanthe dipteryx Rchb.f 1884 Calanthe emarginata [Bl]Lindley 1833; Calanthe emarginata Auct 1845; Calanthe furcata f albiflora [Ida] Hatus 1971; Calanthe furcata f albiflora [Ida] Nakaj. 1971; Calanthe furcata f. masuca (D.Don) M.Hiroe 1971; Calanthe furcata f. textori (Miq.) M.Hiroe 1971; Calanthe longicalcarata Hayata ex Yamam. 1930; Calanthe masuca var. purpurea (Lindl.) Rao & S.R.Rathore in S.K.Jain & A.Mehrotra 1984; Calanthe masuca var. sinensis Rendle 1902; Calanthe okinawensis f. albiflora Ida 1969; Calanthe pleichroma Rchb.f 1871; Calanthe purpurea Lindl. 1833; Calanthe seikooensis Yamam. 1931; Calanthe textori Miq. 1866; Calanthe textori var. longicalcarata (Hayata ex Yamam.) Garay & H.R.Sweet 1974; Calanthe versicolor Lindl. 1844; Calanthe wightii Rchb.f. 1861; Zoduba mascua Buch. - Ham ex D.Don 1825

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 4 1958 drawing as C whiteana; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 5 1958 drawing; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 7 1970 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 6 1979 drawing; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 43-46 Thuniinae etc 1984 drawing ok; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; The Wild Orchids of Hong Kong Barretto, Cribb and Gale 2011 drawing/photo fide;

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