Cephalantheropsis laciniata Ormerod 1998
Photos by © J B Comber
Photos by Averyanov © and Taiwania 61(4):319-354 November 2016, New Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Nong, Nguyen and Truong
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Common Name or Meaning The Lacerate Cephlantheropsis [refers to the lip apex]
Flower Size
Found in south Vietnam and penninsular Malaysia in primary and old secondary broad-leaved evergreen submontane forests at elevations around 400 to 800 [in Vietnam] to 1160 meters [type in Malaysia] as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with several noded, cylindric cane-like stems carrying leaf sheaths below becoming in the upper half, leafy, 3 to 4, perennial, oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 7 main veined, acuminate, glabrous on both sides leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a single, lax, arising laterally halfway up the stem, or in its lower third, erect, slender, peduncle to 16" [40 cm] long, provided with 1 to 3 sterile bracts, to 22.4" [56 cm] long overall, hairy, rachis 5.2 to 6" [13 to 15 cm] long, to 16 flowered inflorescence with cadcous as long to shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
This species differs most from the common C obcordata by the white flowers with ovate-lanceolate sepals and an erose lacerate claw oth the lip epichile.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchid Digest Vol 62 #4 Ormerod 1998 Drawing/photo fide; Taiwania 61(4):319-354 November 2016, New Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Nong, Nguyen and Truong 2016 Drawing/photo fide; photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 17 2016;
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