Calanthe rhodochila Schltr. 1905 SECTION Rhodochilus

Another Plant Photos by © Wolfgang Bandisch and the Orchids of New Guinea Website

Full shade Warm Cool Winter

Common Name The Red Lipped Calanthe

Flower Size

Found in the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in montane mist forests on tree trunks at elevations around 1800 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter

Synonyms

References Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913

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