Pholidota articulata Lindl. 1828 SECTION Articulatae Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Inflorescence and Plant with Flowers Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George

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Common Name The Articulated Pholidota

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

This is a fragrant, medium sized, epiphytic species found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, western Himalayas, India, Tibet, China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi and Sumatra in semideciduous and evergreen montane forests and highland primary cloud forests at altitudes of 300 to 2000 meters as a medium sized, cool to hot growing epiphyte and has the oddity of having the new pseudobulb arise from the apex of last years mature pseudobulb and has ovate to linear-lanceolate leaves with prominent veins and blooms on a slender, drooping, 6" to 11" long, fractiflex inflorescence with broad, brownish floral bracts that drop as the many scented flowers smelling of musk open occuring in the spring and summer.

Synonyms Coelogyne articulata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1864; Coelogyne griffithii Hook. f. 1890; Coelogyne khasyana Rchb. f. 1861; Pholidota articulata var minahassae J.J.Sm. 1919; Pholidota articulata var. obovata (Hook. f.) T. Tang & F.T. Wang 1951; Pholidota decurva Ridl. 1896; Pholidota griffithii Hkr. 1889; Pholidota khasiyana Rchb. f. 1856; Pholidota lagardii Rolfe 1893; Pholidota lugardii Rolfe 1893; Pholidota minahassae schlechter 1911; Pholidota obovata Hook. f. 1890; Pholidota repens Rolfe 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as P lugardii; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Orchid Monographs Vol 3 Pholidota De Vogel 1988; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Orchid Flora of Kamrup District Assam Iswar Chandra Barua 2001; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 1 2002 photo; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 4 2005 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 73 No 5 2008 photo;

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