Luisia teres (Thunb.) Blume 1849 Photo by Epicphals and Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Common Name The Terete Luisia - in Japan Ryukyu-bo-ran - In China Cha Chung Chai Zi Gu

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Guangxi, Southern Yunnan and Southern Sichuan China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Korea and Japan on trees in damp forests or on damp cliff faces at elevations of 1300 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an erect, terete stem carrying several to many, fleshy, terete, amplexicaul and clasping basally leaves that blooms in the spring on a lateral, .4" [1 cm] long, racemose, 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms *Epidendrum teres Thunb. 1784; Luisia botanensis Fukuy. 1935; Luisia fauriei Schltr. 1919; Luisia teres var. botanensis (Fukuy.) T.P.Lin 1977

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Southern Ryukyu Islands Garay & Sweet 1974; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 4 2007 photo; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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