Phaius wallichii Lindl. 1831 Photo by © Karel & Alex Petrzelka and the Vietnam Orchid Website

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Common Name Wallich's Phaius

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Found in India, Sri Lankha the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanamar, Thailand, Vietnam, Yunnan China and possibly Sumatra in dense forests along ravines at elevations of 900 to 1300 meters as a warm growing terrestrial and blooms in the spring on an erect, several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Phaius bicolor Lindl.1831; Phaius longicornu Guillaumin 1957; Phaius magniflorus Z.H.Tsi & S.C.Chen 1994; Phaius sanderi Sander 1892

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997 as Phaius magniflorus; The Orchids of Nepal Pearce & Cribb 2001 as a syn of P tankervillae wrong!