Gastrochilus obliquus (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 SECTION Gastrochilus Photos courtesy of Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid PageCopyright ©

Common Name The Slanting Gastrochilus [refers to the sepals and petals gradual margins]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Northern Thailand, Southern China, Northern Laos and Vietnam in dense forests at elevations of 800 to 1400 meters as a miniature sized warm growing orchid with a very short stem carrying persistent, linear-oblong to obovate-oblong, bifid, bright green leaves and blooms in the fall and winter on an axillary, drooping, subcorymbose, racemose, to 8 flowered inflorescence with basal tubular sheaths and broad, obtuse floral bracts.

Synonyms Gastrochilus bigibbus (Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Saccolabium bigibbum Rchb.f. ex Hook.f. 1869; *Saccolabium obliquum Lindl. 1833

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Saccolabium biggibum; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Saccolabium obliquum; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Orchids Australia Vol 12 No 4 2000 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 5 2000 photo; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007 as G bigibbus;