Uncifera acuminata Lindl. 1859 Drawing by © eFloras.org Flora of China Website

Common Name or Meaning The Acuminate Uncifera - In China Cha Bui Lan

Flower Size 1/4" [7 mm]

Found in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas and Nepal in dense forests on tree trunks at elevations of 1300 to 1900 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an arching terete, slender many noded stem carrying a few to several, distichous, narrowly lanceoalte to oblique oblong, acute to slightly praemorse leaves that blooms in the spring through early summer on an arching, 2.8 to 4" [7 to 10 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with ovate floral bracts and slightly fleshy flowers that do not open well

Synonyms Saccolabium acuminatum (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Vol 22 Hooker 1892 as Saccolabium acuminatum drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Saccolabium acumiantum drawing ok; 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; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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