Renanthera imschootiana Rolfe 1891
Flower Closeup Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website
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Common Name Imschoot's Renanthera [Belgian Orchid Enthusiast 1800's] - In China Yun Nan Huo Yan Lan
Flower Size 2 1/4" [6 cm]
Found in Assam, Burma, Southern China, Laos and Vietnam on tree trunks and along gorge edges in evergreen, lowland forests at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters as a medium to large sized, cool to hot growing epiphyte with a long, liana-like, branched stem becoming woody with age and carrying many, linear, leathery, truncately rounded, bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a 1 1/2' [45 cm] long, axillary, branched or racemose, loosely many flowered inflorescence with semiorbicular floral bracts and longlasting, slightly fruity scented flowers.
Synonyms Renanthera papilio King & Prain 1895
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 2 1959 photo; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Oasis Vol 1 No 1 2000 photo; Orchids Australia Vol 12 No 6 2000 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 7 2004 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 10 2005 drawing; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 8 2008 photo; AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 5 2009; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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