0 Thrixspermum amplexicaule (Blume) Rchb.f.

Thrixspermum amplexicaule (Blume) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 121 (1868).

Thrixspermum amplexicaule (Blume) Rchb.f.; Photos Dinh Quang Diep

Synonym:

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.

VietNam Name:

Xương cá ôm thân, Mao tử ôm thân.

Common Name:

The Flower-Stem-Surrounded-By-Leaves Thrixspermum

China Name:

Bao Jing Dian Lan - 抱茎白点兰 

Ecological:

Lithophytic on rocks near the sea; sea level to 100 m. 

Distribution:

E Hainan, Thailand, Laos?, Vietnam, Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines

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0 Cheirostylis cochinchinensis Blume

Cheirostylis cochinchinensis Blume, Coll. Orchid. t. 39. f. 2.

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.

Vietnamese name:

Thủ thư Nam bộ; Trụ xẻ quạt.

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0 Pleione grandiflora

Pleione grandiflora Rolfe, Orchid Rev. xi. 291.

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.

Vietnamese name:

Địa ngũ sắc

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0 Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda

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

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.

Vietnamese name:

Thủy ly vàng

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0 Cheirostylis yunnanensis

Cheirostylis yunnanensis Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896(119): 201 (1896).

Cheirostylis yunnanensis Rolfe, Photo by Dân Tộc Thái

Vietnamese name:

Lan vân nam, Lan trụ xẻ vân nam

Family: 

Orchidaceae

Uses: 

Treats chronic ulcers (the whole plant).

Distribution: 

Quang Ninh, Hai Phong. The plant grows naturally in humid forests at an altitude of 200-500 m.

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0 Bulbophyllum hymenanthum Hook.f.-The Delicately Flowered Bulbophyllum

 Bulbophyllum hymenanthum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 5(16): 767 (1890).

Bulbophyllum hymenanthum Hook.f. ; Photos Quần Rách Đít 

Vietnamese name: 

Cầu diệp màng, Lọng màng.

Chinise name: 

Common Name: 

The Delicately Flowered Bulbophyllum (Virginal, hymen-like, refers to the diaphanous flowers).

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum hymenanthum Hook.f. 

Family: 

Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: 

Phyllorchis hymenantha (Hook. f.) Kuntze

Phyllorkis hymenantha (Hook.f.) Kuntze

Description: 

The orchid is very small, has no bulbs, one leaf, grows 2-3 cm away. The petals are slender, with 1-2 flowers. 

Distribution: 

Found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Thailand, Vietnam and Borneo. In VietNam, found in Ngọc Linh, Kon Tum, K'bang, Gia Lai, Đồng Nai. 

Ecological: 

In open mossy lower montane forests at elevations aroud 1300 to 2600 m.

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

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0 Armodorum sulingi (Blume) Schltr.

 Armodorum sulingi Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 197 (1911).

Armodorum sulingi Schltr.; Photo Dick Suyanto

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym:

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

English Name: 

The Suling Armodoru.

Distribution:

Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and Sumatra.

Ecological:

At elevations of 550 to 850 m.

Refs:

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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0 Cleisostoma birmanicum (Schltr.) Garay

Cleisostoma birmanicum (Schltr.) Garay

Cleisostoma birmanicum (Schltr.) Garay; Photo by Diep Dinh Quang

Vietnamese name:

Mật khẩu miến điện, Miệng kín hai gai, Gấm thượng hải.

Distribution:

Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Khanh Hoa, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.

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0 Robiquetia minimiflora

Robiquetia minimiflora (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit., Phytotaxa 161(1): 70 (2014).

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.

Synonym:

Abdominea minimiflora (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm.

Vietnames name:

Lan bụng hoa nhỏ

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0 Appendicula cornuta

Appendicula cornuta Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 7: 302 (1825). 

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.

Vietnamese name: 

Vệ lan móng, Lan hạt bí

Family: 

Orchidaceae

Uses: 

Fever, abdominal pain, pain relief, diuretic, menstrual pain (whole plant).

Distribution: 

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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0 Lecanorchis nigricans Honda

Lecanorchis nigricans Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 470 (1931). 

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.

Vietnamese name:

Lê cán lan. 

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0 Cheirostylis chinensis Rolfe

Cheirostylis chinensis Rolfe, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9(1): 158 (1895).

Cheirostylis chinensis Rolfe; Photo Chu Xuan Canh

Cheirostylis chinensis Rolfe; Photo Bàn Văn Thép

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Cheirostylis chinensis var. chinensis

Cheirostylis philippinensis Ames

Cheirostylis taiwanensis Yamam.

Viet Nam Name: 

Thủ thư, Trụ xẻ bắc, Thủ thư trung quốc.

English Name:

The Chinese Cheirostylis

Chinise Name:

中华叉柱兰 zhong hua cha zhu lan

Description: 

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.

Distribution:

China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Lào Cai, Quảng Ninh).

Ecological:

Damp rocky soils in forests, along streams; at elevations of 200-800 m. 

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0 Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe

"Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe is found in Laos, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan and Yunnan of China and Hong Kong" 

Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 2: 155 (1887).

Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe, Photo Long Nguyen Hoang

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Callista loddigesii (Rolfe) Kuntze

Dendrobium pulchellum G.Lodd. ex Paxton

English Name:

Loddiges' Dendrobium (English Botanist 1800's).

VietNam Name: 

Hoàng thảo thạch hộc, Thạch hộc duyên dáng, Nghệ tâm, Hoàng thảo xinh xinh.

Chinise Name:

Mei Hua Shi Hu - 美花石斛

Description: 

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.

Distribution:

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).

Ecological:

Epiphytic on tree trunks in mountain forests, lithophytic on rocks in forests; 500-1600 m.

Flowering times:

Bloom in Spring-Summer.

Cultivation:

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.

Chemical composition and pharmacological:

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.

Uses: 

Tonic. Treatment of impotence, kidney damage, poor new service.

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org

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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0 Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet

"Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet is found in the eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar and Vietnam. This species of orchid distributes at altitudes of about 366 - 457 m. They grow in evergreen lowland forests of piedmont or lowland on spongy bark, unevenly in the cavity-filled gaps in which they root" 

Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Gen. Phalaenopsis 53 (1980).

Phalaenopsis lobbii (Rchb.f.) H.R.Sweet, Photos by José Santos da Costa 

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

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

English Name:

Lobb's Phalaenopsis (English Orchid Collector in India 1800's).

Chinise name:

Luo Shi Hu Die Lan - 罗氏蝴蝶兰 

Description: 

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.

Distribution:

China South-Central (SE Yunnan (Malipo)), East Himalaya, Myanmar, Vietnam (Tuyên Quang, Ninh Bình, Tây Nguyên).

Ecological:

Epiphytic on tree trunks in open forests; at elevations of 600-1900 m. 

Flowering times:

Blooms from November to mid January.

Flower size:

2.0-2.6 cm

Cultivation:

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.

Ref:

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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0 Coelogyne lockii Aver.

Coelogyne lockii Aver., Lindleyana 15(2): 73 (2000).

Coelogyne lockii Aver., Photos Nghiem Xuan Son

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

VietNam Name:

Thanh đạm kế lộc

English Name:

Loc's Coelogyne (Vietnamese original collector of species current).

Description: 

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.

Distribution:

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.

Ecological:

On trees or on granite in very west mossy primary forests at elevations of 1000 to 2300 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

2 cm.

Cultivation:

Type:

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

Ref:

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.

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0 Cymbidium banaense

Cymbidium banaense Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 22: 626 (1951).

Cymbidium banaense Gagnep., Photo by Nghiem Xuan Son

The native range of this species is Vietnam. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Vietnamese name: 

Kiếm bà nà

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