!Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr. 1915

TYPE for the genus Photo courtesy of Sunagawa

MOSTLY and EARLY

Common Name The Terete Leaf Papilionanthe - In Thailand - Ueang kean - Ueang mok - Mok kulap - In China Feng Die Lan

Flower Size 3 to 4" [7 to 10 cm]

A giant sized, terete leafed, vandanaceous, monopodial, hot growing epiphyte that occurs in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam in full sun with a branching, terete, very long stem carrying straight and suberect or curved, terete leaves that is almost everblooming, but most often in the late spring and early summer, on a 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, axillary, racemose inflorescence with a few to several [3 to 6] loosely arranged, large, showy, fragrant flowers

Synonyms Dendrobium teres Roxb. 1832; Papilionanthe teres f. candida (Rchb.f.) Christenson 1994 ; Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindl. 1833; Vanda teres var. candida Rchb.f 1875

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 5 1957 drawing; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as Vanda teres photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 9 1963 photo; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 Vanda teres photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 5 1981 drawing bas Vanda teres; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 8 1993 photo as Vanda teres; AOS Bulletin No 63 No 11 1994 photo; 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 67 No 1 1998 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 5 2000 photo; Orchid Flora Of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001 drawing fide; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 8 2005 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 10 2005 photo; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawings/photo fide; 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;

Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr. 1915 var alba

Specimen plant Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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