Papilionanthe pedunculata (Kerr) Garay 1974 Photo by © Karel & Alex Petrzelka and the Vietnam Orchid Website

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Common Name The Pedunculate Papilionanthe [refers to the length of the inflorescence fromthe base to the bottom of the first flower]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Cambodia and Vietnam at elevations of 1200 to 1300 meters as a large to giant sized, warm growing terete stemed and leafed, warm growing epiphyte with an elongate to 20" [50 cm] long, to 15 flowered inflorescence occuring in the spring and summer. This species when not in flower is indistinguishable from P teres, but in flower it is obviously a different orchid.

Synonyms *Aerides pedunculata Kerr 1935; Vanda masperoae Guillamin. 1951

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 2 1998 photo;

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