Sunipia rimannii (Rchb.f.) Seidenf. 1980 Photo by © Linda & Mikael Karlbom
Another Flower or another species
Side View of Flower Photos by Pichit Srihapoompijit
Another Flower Color and or another species
Plant and Flowers in situ Thailand Photos by Orchidfoto.com
Common Name Rimann's Sunipia - In China Yuan Ban Da Bao Lan
Flower Size 1/4" [8 mm]
Found in Myanamar, Thailand and Yunnan China in forests on tree trunks at elevations around 1600 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with .6" [1.5 cm] between each ovoid pseudobulb carrying a single, apcial, erect, oblong, leathery, contracted below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, slender, 2 to 3.2" [ 5 to 8 cm] long, 2 to 3 flowered inflroescence with 2 to 3 sheaths and ovate-lanceolate, membraneous, acute floral bracts.
CAUTION There are most likely 2 to 3 species represented here. Reference material on Sunipia is hard to come by so I have put them both here. The first matches the photos and drawings, but the others do not in the petals and in the column. I await better references to be able to ID them all correctly.
Synonyms Acrochaene rimannii Rchb.f 1882; Ione rimannii (Rchb.f.) Seidenf. 1995; Ione salweenensis Phillimore & W.W.Sm. 1911; Monomeria rimannii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1914; Sunipia salweenensis (Phillimore & W.W.Sm.) P.F.Hunt 1971
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Field Guide to the The Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo ok; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide to the 1st photo
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