Panisea uniflora Lindl. 1854
Photos courtesy of Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery
Lip Detail Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Another aspect and Psuedobulbs Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
Common Name The Single Flowered Panisea - In China Dan Hua Qu Chun Lan
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Nepal, India, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing, epiphyte or lithophyte in humid forest and tropical valleys at elevations of 250 to 2300 meters with narrowly ovoid or ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, linear, plicate, acute, grooved petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, 1 to 1 3/8" [3 to 4 cm] long, 1 or rarely 2 flowered inflorescence with ovoate or obovate, acuminate floral bracts all arising on a mature pseudobulb. Warm temperatures, 50% shade, even moisture while growing, less when not and conditions and culture similar to Pleione will ensure a healthy plant.
Synonyms Chelonistele biflora (C.S.P.Parish ex Rchb.f.) Pfitzer 1907; Coelogyne biflora Parish ex Rchb. f. 1865; Coelogyne falcata Hkr. ?; Coelogyne thuniana Rchb. f. 1855; Coelogyne uniflora Lindl. 1828; Pleione thuniana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Pleione uniflora (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 as Coelogyne thuniana drawing; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855 as Coelogyne thuniana; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 as Coelogyne uniflora drawing fide; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Coelogyne uniflora; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Coelogyne uniflora drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing, photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 7 1979 drarwing; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 12 1984 photo back cover; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 1 1987 drawing; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Oasis Vol 1 No 3 2000 photo; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; 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; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok
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