!Pachystoma pubescens Blume 1825 Photos courtesy of J Comber, André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulenand Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name or Meaning The Hairy Pachystoma

Flower Size 1/2" [1.1 cm]

Found in Western Himalayas, lower India, Bangladesh, Assam India eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea, Northern Territories and Queensland Australia and New Caledonia at elevations of 50 to 1800 meters in lowlands, grasslands and in dry rice fields as a medium to large sized, hot to warm growing terestrial with under ground tubers giving rise to linear, longitudinally folded leaves that blooms in the fall with out them on a direct from the tubers, often more than one per, 26 to 32" [40 to 80 cm] long, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence with many lanceolate, acute sheaths and linear, acute floral bracts.

Synonyms Apaturia chinensis Lindl. 1831; Apaturia lindleyana Wight 1851; Apaturia montana Lindl. 1831; Apaturia senilis Lindl. 1831; Apaturia smithiana Lindl. 1831; Epipactis scariosa Buch.-Ham. 1831; Eulophia hirsuta J.Joseph & Vajr. 1975 publ. 1978; Eulophia hirsuta T.P.Lin 1987; Eulophia holtzei F.Muell. 1889; Graphorchis holtzei (F.Muell.) Kuntze 1891; Neottia pantanis Korth. ex Blume 1856; Pachychilus chinensis (Lindl.) Blume 1856; Pachychilus montanus (Lindl.) Blume 1856; Pachychilus pantanus Blume 1856; Pachychilus pubescens (Blume) Blume 1856; Pachychilus senilis (Lindl.) Blume 1856; Pachychilus smithianus (Lindl.) Blume 1856; Pachychilus speciosus Blume 1858; Pachystoma affine Schltr. 1912; Pachystoma brevilabium Schltr. 1921; Pachystoma chinense (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1855; Pachystoma chinense var. formosanum (Schltr.) S.S.Ying 1977; Pachystoma edgworthii Rchb.f. 1852; Pachystoma formosanum Schltr. 1919; Pachystoma fortunei Rchb.f. 1852; Pachystoma gracile Schltr. 1906; Pachystoma hirsuta (J.Joseph & Vajr.) C.S.Kumar & Manilal 1987; Pachystoma holtzei (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 1892; Pachystoma josephi Rchb.f. 1852; Pachystoma lindleyanum (Wight) Rchb.f. 1855; Pachystoma ludaoense S.C.Chen & Y.B.Luo 2002; Pachystoma montanum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1855; Pachystoma pantanum (Blume) Miq. 1859; Pachystoma papuanum Schltr. 1912; Pachystoma parvifolium Rchb.f. 1862; Pachystoma pubescens var. gracile (Schltr.) N.Hallé 1977; Pachystoma senile (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1858; Pachystoma smithianum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1858; Pachystoma speciosum (Blume) Rchb.f. 1858; Pachystoma wightii Rchb.f. 1862

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2007