!Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr. 1915 Photo courtesy of Sunagawa

MOSTLY and EARLY

Common Name The Terete Leaf Papilionanthe

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 Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Orchid Flora Of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004;

Papilionanthe teres (Roxb.) Schltr. 1915 var alba

Specimen plant Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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