Holcoglossum subulifolium (Rchb. f.) Christenson 1987 Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Danny Lentz, plant grown by the Atlanta Botanical Garden

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Common Name The Terete-Leafed Holcoglossum

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]

Found in Vietnam and Hainan China in primary montane forests at elevations around 1000 to 1600 meters where it is a cool to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte that blooms with an arching, branching inflorescence carries numerous thinly textured, crystalline white 1 1/2" blooms occuring in the spring and summer. .

Synonyms Vanda subulifolia Rchb. f. 1886; Vanda watsonii Rolfe 1905

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997