Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda

Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. t. [15] (1827).

Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda; Photos by Abigail Orchid

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Cleisostoma crassum Ridl.

Cleisostoma expansum Rchb.f.

Cleisostoma mannii Rchb.f.

Cleisostoma uteriferum Hook.f.

Cleisostoma vitellinum Rchb.f.

Cleisostoma wendlandorum Rchb.f.

Pomatocalpa expansum (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.

Pomatocalpa mannii (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.

Pomatocalpa setulense (Ridl.) Holttum

Pomatocalpa vitellinum (Rchb.f.) Ames

Pomatocalpa wendlandorum (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.

Saccolabium hobsonii Ridl.

Saccolabium setulense Ridl.

Saccolabium uteriferum (Hook.f.) Ridl.

Saccolabium wendlandianum (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.

VieNamese name: 

Thủy li vàng

English Name:

The Spike Shaped Pomatocalpa

Chinise name:

Lu Jiao Lan - 鹿角兰 

Thaialand name:

Chang dam

Description: 

Large-stem orchid with soft leaves. The flower cluster is 10-15 cm long, the flower jars have 10-15 flowers, the flower size is 1.5 cm

Distribution:

Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (Hòa Bình, Ninh Bình, Tây Nguyên, Đồng Nai, Nam Cát Tiên.).

Ecological:

Lowland forests and primary montane forests at elevations of 250 to 1700 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late winter, spring and summer.

Flower size:

1.3 cm

Cultivation:

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org