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 and 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 on moss covered logs in scrub at elevations of 200 to 3400 meters, with conical to ovoid-cylindric pseudobulbs carrying several, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, yellow to white spotted leaves and blooms on a 3' [90 cm] tall, erect, basal, many flowered inflorescences of many [20] 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 ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 Phaius linearfolius; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;

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