Habenaria rostrata Wall. ex Lindl.
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| Habenaria rostrata Wall. ex Lindl.; Photo by Lang Dân Chánh Hiệu |
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| Habenaria rostrata Wall. ex Lindl.; Photo by Lang Dân Chánh Hiệu |
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| Thrixspermum amplexicaule (Blume) Rchb.f.; Photos Dinh Quang Diep |
Aerides amplexicaulis (Blume) Lindl.H
Dendrobium amplexicaulis Blume
Dendrocolla amplexicaulis Blume
Orsidice amplexicaulis (Blume) Rchb.f.
Orsidice lilacina (Griff.) Rchb.f.
Sarcochilus amplexicaulis (Blume) Rchb.f.
Sarcochilus lilacinus Griff.
Thrixspermum lilacinum (Griff.) Rchb.f.
Thrixspermum oeonioides Schltr.
Xương cá ôm thân, Mao tử ôm thân.
The Flower-Stem-Surrounded-By-Leaves Thrixspermum
Bao Jing Dian Lan - 抱茎白点兰
Lithophytic on rocks near the sea; sea level to 100 m.
E Hainan, Thailand, Laos?, Vietnam, Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines
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| Cheirostylis cochinchinensis Blume, Photo by Hoang Truong |
The native range of this species is Laos to Vietnam (Đà Nẵng, Đà Lạt). It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Thủ thư Nam bộ; Trụ xẻ quạt.
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| Pleione grandiflora Rolfe, Photo by Nguyen Phong |
The native range of this species is Uttarakhand, China (S. Yunnan) to N. Indo-China. It is a pseudobulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Địa ngũ sắc
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| Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda, Photo by Nguyen Phong |
The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to Hainan and Malesia. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Thủy ly vàng
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| Cheirostylis yunnanensis Rolfe, Photo by Dân Tộc Thái |
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Bulbophyllum hymenanthum Hook.f. ; Photos Quần Rách Đít |
Cầu diệp màng, Lọng màng.
The Delicately Flowered Bulbophyllum (Virginal, hymen-like, refers to the diaphanous flowers).
Bulbophyllum hymenanthum Hook.f.
Orchidaceae
Phyllorchis hymenantha (Hook. f.) Kuntze
Phyllorkis hymenantha (Hook.f.) Kuntze
The orchid is very small, has no bulbs, one leaf, grows 2-3 cm away. The petals are slender, with 1-2 flowers.
Found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Thailand, Vietnam and Borneo. In VietNam, found in Ngọc Linh, Kon Tum, K'bang, Gia Lai, Đồng Nai.
In open mossy lower montane forests at elevations aroud 1300 to 2600 m.
- theplantlist.org
- efloras.org
- orchidspecies.com
- ipni.org
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| Armodorum sulingi Schltr.; Photo Dick Suyanto |
Orchidaceae.
Aerides sulingi Blume
Arachnanthe sulingi (Blume) Benth.
Arachnanthe sulingi (Blume) J.J. Sm.
Arachnis sulingi (Blume) Rchb.f.
Armodorum distichum Breda
Renanthera sulingi (Blume) Lindl.
Vanda sulingi (Blume) Blume
Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and Sumatra.
At elevations of 550 to 850 m.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
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| Cleisostoma birmanicum (Schltr.) Garay; Photo by Diep Dinh Quang |
Mật khẩu miến điện, Miệng kín hai gai, Gấm thượng hải.
Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Khanh Hoa, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.
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| Robiquetia minimiflora (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit., Photo by Tô Danh Xuân |
The native range of this species is Indo-China to W. & Central Malesia. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Abdominea minimiflora (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm.
Lan bụng hoa nhỏ
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| Appendicula cornuta Blume, Photo by Hoang Truong |
The native range of this species is Sikkim to China (S. Guangdong) and Malesia. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Vệ lan móng, Lan hạt bí
Orchidaceae
Fever, abdominal pain, pain relief, diuretic, menstrual pain (whole plant).
Cao Bang, Thua Thien Hue, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, Tay Ninh. Natural biological plant, forest waste, at an altitude of 600-1,500 m.
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| Lecanorchis nigricans Honda, Photo by Hoang Truong |
The native range of this species is S. Central & S. Japan to Taiwan, China (N. Fujian), N. Myanmar to Vietnam, W. Jawa. It is a holomycotrophic rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Lê cán lan.
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| Cheirostylis chinensis Rolfe; Photo Chu Xuan Canh |
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| Cheirostylis chinensis Rolfe; Photo Bàn Văn Thép |
Orchidaceae.
Cheirostylis chinensis var. chinensis
Cheirostylis philippinensis Ames
Cheirostylis taiwanensis Yamam.
Thủ thư, Trụ xẻ bắc, Thủ thư trung quốc.
The Chinese Cheirostylis
中华叉柱兰 zhong hua cha zhu lan
Orchids are very small, leaves 2-5 are growing close to the ground. The flower cluster is 20-25 cm high, the flower cluster has 2-6 flowers, the flower size is 1.25 cm, the flowers bloom in late Winter and early Spring.
China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Lào Cai, Quảng Ninh).
Damp rocky soils in forests, along streams; at elevations of 200-800 m.
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| Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe, Photo Long Nguyen Hoang |
Orchidaceae.
Callista loddigesii (Rolfe) Kuntze
Dendrobium pulchellum G.Lodd. ex Paxton
Loddiges' Dendrobium (English Botanist 1800's).
Hoàng thảo thạch hộc, Thạch hộc duyên dáng, Nghệ tâm, Hoàng thảo xinh xinh.
Mei Hua Shi Hu - 美花石斛
Tufted, pendant, subterete, striated, several noded, white sheathed stems carrying alternate, fleshy, oblong, acute leaves and has a dry winter and a wet spring and summer. The longlasting, fragrant sweetly floral scented flowers are found from February through June on short to 7.5 cm, single flowered inflorescence that arise from the nodes of leafless canes.
Cambodia, China (Guangdong (Hong Kong, Luofu Shan), Guangxi, SW Guizhou, Hainan (Baisha), S Yunnan (Mengla, Simao)), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Cao Bằng, Hà Giang, Tam Đảo, Vĩnh Phú).
Epiphytic on tree trunks in mountain forests, lithophytic on rocks in forests; 500-1600 m.
Bloom in Spring-Summer.
Dendrobium are generally easy and rewarding plants to grow and will succeed in any free draining mix. Most love to grow mounted – on a stick or even in a tree.
Light Range: Part Shade to Full Sun
pH Range: 5.5 to 6.5
Soil Range: Bark to Bark
Water Range: Dry to Moist.
Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe (a Chinese medicine), 3 constituents were identified. They are shihunidine, shihunine and dendrophenol (4,4'- dihydroxy-3,3',5-trimethoxybibenzyl). Chemical reactions showed that shihunidine was derived from shihunine during isolation. Shihunidine and shihunine were shown to be inhibitors of Na+, K+-ATPase of the rat kidney.
Tonic. Treatment of impotence, kidney damage, poor new service.
orchidspecies.com
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Li MF, Hirata Y, Xu GJ, Niwa M, Wu HM. [Studies on the chemical constituents of Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe]. Yao Xue Xue Bao. 1991;26(4):307-10. Chinese. PMID: 1659772.
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| Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Photos by José Santos da Costa |
Orchidaceae.
Doritis lobbii (Rchb.f.) T.Yukawa & K.Kita
Doritis lobbii f. flava (O.Gruss & Roellke ex Christenson) T.Yukawa & K.Kita
Doritis lobbii f. flavilabia (Christenson) T.Yukawa & K.Kita
Phalaenopsis decumbens var. lobbii (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt
Phalaenopsis listeri E.S.Berk.
Phalaenopsis lobbii f. flava Christenson
Phalaenopsis lobbii f. flavilabia Christenson
Phalaenopsis lobbii var. vietnamensis O.Gruss & Roeth
Phalaenopsis parishii f. flava O.Gruss & Roellke
Phalaenopsis parishii var. lobbii Rchb.f.
Polychilos lobbii (Rchb.f.) Shim
VietNam name:
Bướm lobb, Lan hồ điệp cúc phương
Lobb's Phalaenopsis (English Orchid Collector in India 1800's).
Luo Shi Hu Die Lan - 罗氏蝴蝶兰
Small orchid, leaves 2-3 to 4-6 cm long. The flower cluster is 10 cm long, the flower cluster has 4-5 flowers, the flower size 2 cm, the flowers bloom in spring but can also bloom many times a year.
China South-Central (SE Yunnan (Malipo)), East Himalaya, Myanmar, Vietnam (Tuyên Quang, Ninh Bình, Tây Nguyên).
Epiphytic on tree trunks in open forests; at elevations of 600-1900 m.
Blooms from November to mid January.
2.0-2.6 cm
LIGHT: 1200-1800 fc. Plants are more tolerant of higher light than most Phalaenopsis species.
TEMPERATURES: Summer days average 85-87F (30-31C), and nights average
70-74F (21-23C), with a diurnal range of 12-17F (7-9C). The plants are unusually tolerant of temperature extremes.
HUMIDITY: 75-85% during the summer.
WATER: Plants should be kept moist during the growing season. The rainfall pattern is wet/dry.
FERTILIZER: 1/4-1/2 strength, applied weekly during the growing season. Phalaenopsis lobbii is healthiest if given frequent feedings during the short growing season.
orchidspecies.com
ipni.org
powo.science.kew.org
Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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| Coelogyne lockii Aver., Photos Nghiem Xuan Son |
Orchidaceae.
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
Thanh đạm kế lộc
Loc's Coelogyne (Vietnamese original collector of species current).
A medium-sized orchid, 6-7 cm tall with 2 leaves. Vertical flower cluster 20-25 cm high, flower cluster 7-10 flowers, blooming simultaneously in the spring.
VietNam (Sapa, Lao Cai, Quản Bạ, Hà Giang).
Ha Giang Prov., Dong Van Distr., Ho Quang Phin Municipality, vicinity of Ta Xa village, 14-16km to SSW of Dong Van town, 23 16 N, 105 22 E, 1550-1600m.
On trees or on granite in very west mossy primary forests at elevations of 1000 to 2300 m.
Blooms in the spring.
2 cm.
holotype Herbarium, V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute
isotype Herbarium Jutlandicum, University of Aarhus
isotype HN
isotype Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden
isotype Museum national d'Histoire naturelle
orchidspecies.com
ipni.org
powo.science.kew.org
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.