Phaius delavayi (Finet) P.J.Cribb & Perner 2002 Photo courtesy of Societe' des Amatuers de Jardins Alpins

Common Name or Meaning Delavay's Phaius [French Missionary and Plant Collector later 1800 to earlier 1900]

Flower Size

Found in Yunnan China at elevations above 1500 meters as a medium sized, warm growing terrestrial with plicate leaves and blooms on an erect, 16" [40 cm] long, few to several flowered inflroescence with nodding flowers.

Synonyms *Calanthe delavayi Finet 1900

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 60 No 3 1991 as Calanthe delavayi;