Pleione grandiflora (Rolfe) Rolfe 1904 Photo courtesy of David Jubineau and His Bulbophyllum Pages Copyright ©

Flower Closeup Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website

Common Name The Large Flowered Pleione

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]

Found in China and Vietnam on cliff faces on mossy boulders in primary highland cl;oud forests at elevations of 2500 to 3300 meters as a small sized, cold growing lithophyte.

Synonyms *Coelogyne grandiflora Rolfe 1903; Pleione pinkepankii Braem & H.Mohr 1989

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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