
Sunipia grandiflora (Rolfe) P.F. Hunt 1971 Photo by © Tripecht P.
Another Flower Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
Plant and Flower Photos courtesy of Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage
Common Name or Meaning The Large Flowered Sunipia
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Thailand, Burma and Laos at 1100 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms on a 2" [5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that occurs in the summer and fall.
Synonyms *Ione grandiflora Rolfe 1908
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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