Spathoglottis affinis de Vriese 1854 SECTION Aureae Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Common Name The Similar Spathoglottis - In Thailand - Hua khao nieo

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]

Found in Myanamr, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Java and Borneo in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sealevel? to 700 to 1000 meters as a miniature, deciduous, cool to warm growing terrestrial with small flattened pseudobulbs that hide beneath the surface of the medium and carry 4, plicate, deciduous leaves that fall before it blooms on an erect, 28" [70 cm] long, several [15] flowered inflorescence with up to 6 flowers open at a time occuring in the summer and fall.

Synonyms Spathoglottis lobbii Rchb.f 1862; Spathoglottis regneri Rchb.f. 1887

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as S lobbii; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1893; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957 drawing ok; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as S lobbii drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 43-46 Thuniinae etc 1984 as S lobbii drawing fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo ok; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide

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