Cheirostylis spathulata J.J. Smith, 1927 Photo by © Photo by Pieter C. Brouwer and his Orchid Website
Inflorescence and New Growth Photos by David Jubineau
Common Name The Sheathed Cheirostylis
Flower Size .6 to .65" [1.5 to 1.7 cm] long
Found in Myanamar, Thailand, Vietnam, Java and Borneo on limestone in lowland seasonal evergreen forests and tropical rainforests at elevations of 50 to 800 meters as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with 4 to 6, basal, pale gray-green with dark gray green nerves, narrowly ovate to ovate, acute, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, tomentose, 4.8 to 6.4" [12 to 16 cm] long, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence
Cheirostylis didymachanthus is often given as as synonym of C spathulata and most likely is but I have left them separate for now as the differences to me seem warranted for separation.
Synonyms Cheirostylis grandiflora sensu Gagnepain 1934 non Bl.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as C sp TS 2508 drawing fide; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VI Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Borneo Wood Vol 4 2003 drawing fide/photo not; Orchids of Vietnam, Illustrated survey, part 1 Averyanov 2008; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing fide
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