Phaius flavus (Blume) Lindl. 1856 Photo by © Lourens Grobler.

Another Angle Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Flower Color Form Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George

Plant and flowers in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia

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Common Name Yellow Flowered Phaius

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]

A medium sized, cool to warm growing terrestrial from the humid shady floors of broadleafed, evergreen, humid primary forests in soils dampened by mists, on moss covered logs in scrub and in splash along steep watercourses in the Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, Vietnam, Java, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Taiwan, Ryukyu Isalnds and Japan in primary and secondary forests at elevations of 200 to 3400 meters, with conical to ovoid-cylindric pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 8, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, yellow to white spotted leaves and blooms on a to 3' [90 cm] tall, erect, basal, laxly several to many flowered inflorescences with persistent bracts and several to many, yellow, long lived, fragrant flowers that occur in the winter and spring.

Synonyms Bletia flava Wallace ex Lindl. 1831; Bletia woodfordii Hook. 1827; Hecabe lutea Raf. 1836; Limodorum crispum Reinw. ex Blume 1856; *Limodorum flavum Blume 1825; Phaius bracteosus Rchb. f. 1857; Phaius celebicus Schltr. 1911; Phaius crispus Blume 1856; Phaius flavus f. punctatus (Ohwi) K.Nackej. 1981; Phaius flexuosus Blume 1856; Phaius indigoferus Blume 1842; Phaius linearifolius Ames 1912; Phaius maculatus Lindley 1828; Phaius minor Blume 1856; Phaius minor f. punctatus Ohwi in ?; Phaius platychilus Rchb. f. 1857; Phaius somai Hayata 1916; Phaius undulatomarginata Hayata 1914; Phaius undulatomarginatus Hayata 1914; Phaius woodfordii (Hook.) Merr. 1948

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 as Phaius platychilus drawing fide; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 as P indigDie Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 1 1980 photo; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 Phaius linearfolius; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; The Orchids of Samoa Cribb & Whistler 1996; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 2 2004 photo; Flora Malesiana: Orchids of New Guinea Vol 5 Schuiteman & D de Vogel 2008

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