Calanthe fargesii Finet

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Calanthe fargesii is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to China (Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The Latin specific epithet fargesii refers to the French missionary and amateur botanist Père Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912).

Calanthe fargesii - Wikipedia

Calanthe fargesii Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 46: 434. 1900.

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Plants 30-45 cm tall. Pseudobulbs short, partially covered with sheaths. Leaves 4 or 5, not deciduous; blade narrowly oblong, 30-40 × 1.5-2.6 cm, apex acute; petiole-like base sheathing, ca. 15 cm, usually forming a pseudostem 3-4 cm. Scape arising from leaf axil, to 65 cm, densely puberulent, with a sheath near middle; rachis ca. 20 cm, laxly many flowered; floral bracts persistent, narrowly lanceolate, 15-20 mm, glabrous, apex acute. Flowers yellowish green, tinged with brown, opening widely; pedicel and ovary ca. 20 mm, densely puberulent. Sepals similar, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 16-25 × 4.2-6 mm, abaxially sparsely puberulent, 5-veined, apex acute; lateral sepals somewhat oblique, abaxially sparsely puberulent only at base. Petals linear, 12-24 × 2-2.4 mm, glabrous, 1-3-veined, apex acute; lip adnate to entire length of column wings, 8-12 × 6-11 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes ovate-triangular, small, apex acute; mid-lobe purplish red, rhombic-obovate, 6-11 × 6-11 mm, margin undulate and slightly erose, apex acute; disk glabrous or sparsely puberulent; spur slightly curved, cylindric, ca. 6 × 1 mm, outside puberulent. Column ca. 5 mm, dilated toward apex, sparsely puberulent; anther cap beaked; pollinia narrowly ovoid, unequal in size; rostellum 2-lobed; lobes ca. 1.7 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

● Damp places in dense forests; 1300-1700 m. Chongqing, S Gansu, W Guizhou, NE and S Sichuan.

Calanthe fargesii in Flora of China @ efloras.org

 

Like large butterfly orchids. Starry white flowers with a yellow-flushed standard ana yellow and purple lip May-Jun in an airy inflorescence, broadish pleated foliage, 30cm.

Calanthe fargesii (ground-orchids.de)

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