DISTRIBUTIONThe species is known to have occurrence records in these countries.
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DESCRIPTION (FROM FLORA OF CHINA)Plants 40-100 cm tall. Rhizome inconspicuous. Pseudobulbs ovoid-cylindric, 1-3 × 1-2 cm, with 2 or 3 sheaths. Leaves 3 or 4, well developed and spreading at anthesis, not deciduous; blade elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 20-60 × 5-12 cm, glabrous or sometimes puberulent abaxially, apex acute; petiole-like base 10-18 cm. Scape arising from leaf axil, erect, 30-70 cm, puberulent; rachis 5-20 cm, densely many flowered; floral bracts persistent, ovate-lanceolate, 10-20 mm, puberulent or sometimes nearly glabrous. Flowers white, occasionally purplish red, later turning orange, turning black when dried; pedicel and ovary 30-40 mm, puberulent. Dorsal sepal recurved, subelliptic, 10-12 × 4.5-5.5 mm, abaxially puberulent, 5-veined, apex acute or apiculate; lateral sepals recurved, obovate-lanceolate, slightly oblique, 10-13 × 5-6 mm, abaxially puberulent, 5-veined. Petals recurved, obovate-lanceolate, 8-10 × 3-4.5 mm, abaxially puberulent, 3-veined, base clawed; lip adnate to entire length of column wings, 12-18 × ca. 14 mm, deeply 3-lobed; lateral lobes oblong to narrowly obovate-cuneate, ca. 7 × 3 mm, apex obtuse; mid-lobe divided by a deep sinus into 2 lobules, shortly apiculate in sinus; lobules divergent, linear-oblong, ca. as large as lateral lobes, ca. 3 mm wide; disk with 3 or 4 rows of small, golden or orange-red, wartlike calli at base; spur straight, white, cylindric, (6-)12-15 mm, slender, outside sparsely puberulent, apex obtuse. Column ca. 5 mm, dilated at apex, sparsely puberulent; rostellum 2-lobed; lobes suboblong, ca. 2 mm, apex subtruncate; pollinia clavate, unequal in size, 2-4 mm, with conspicuous caudicles; viscidium subelliptic, small. Fl. Apr-May. 2n = 18, 20, 40, 42.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 700-2400 m. ---FOC Vol. 25 Page 294, 301, 302 |
VARIATION 1: Calanthe triplicata var. gracillima
(Lindl.) N.Hallé, Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 43: 41 (1998).
Found in the following areas of the world
Homotypic Synonyms:
Heterotypic Synonyms:
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VARIATION 2: Calanthe triplicata var. triplicataFound in the following areas
W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to W. Pacific 29 MAU SEY 36 CHC CHH CHS 38 JAP KZN NNS OGA TAI 40 ASS EHM IND SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI SUL SUM 43 BIS NWG SOL 50 NFK NSW QLD 60 FIJ NWC SAM TON VAN WAL 62 CRL MRN Heterotypic Synonyms:
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