Schoenorchis fragrans (Parish & Rchb. f.) Seidenf. & Smitin. 1963

What is known as S manipurensis in India Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Flower Closeup Photo by © Francis J Quesada-Pallares

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Common Name The Fragrant Schoenorchis

Flower Size 3/8" [1 cm]

Found in Assam India, Myanamar, Thailand and Yunnan China in semi-deciduous forests at elevations around 500 to 1200 meters as a miniature sized, monopodial, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a short, branching stem carrying, fleshy, narrowly ellipic leaves that blooms on an axilary, 1/2" [1.25 cm] long, arcuate to pendant, racemose, several to many [20+] flowered inflorescence with flowers that open in succession occuring in the summer.

Synonyms Gastrochilus fragrans (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; *Saccolabium fragrans Parish & Rchb. f. 1874; Schoenorchis manipurensis U.C.Pradhan 1979

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as Saccolabium fragrans; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Saccolabium fragrans; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing is of S seidenfadenii; Aos Bulletin Vol 47 No 10 1978; AOS Bulletin Vol, 47 No 10 1978 as S manipurensis drawing good; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 7 1985 drawing, photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 57 No 2 1988 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 60 No 1/44-5 1991 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 7 2004 photo; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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