Pteroceras teres

Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum

Photos Quần Rách Đít

Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum; Photo by Mei Hung

Vietnamese name: Lan môi sừng trụ

Chinese name:

Latin Name: Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum 1960

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: Aerides suaveolens Roxb.; Aerides teres (Blume) Lindl.; Dendrocolla teres Blume; Ornitharium striatulum Lindl. & Paxton; Pteroceras radicans Hassk.; Pteroceras suaveolens (Roxb.) Holttum; Pteroceras teres (Blume) Bakh. f.; Sarcochilus palawanensis Ames; Sarcochilus suaveolens (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Sarcochilus teres (Blume) Rchb.f.; Sarcochilus teres var. exinflatus J.J.Sm.; Thrixspermum teres (Blume) Rchb.f.

Description:

Ancillary species, 7-10cm long, with many roots. The leaves are narrow, 10 - 15cm long, 2cm wide, with an irregular split top of 2 lobes. Inflorescences long with leaves. Yellow flowers, brown spots, fragrant. The lips have 3 lobes, the two lobes on the back are curved with a purple-brown purple middle middle lobe. Cylindrical lip.

Distribution: Found in Laos, Campuchia, Mianma, ThaiLan, India, Indonesia, Philippines. In Viet Nam: Tree grows in Đồng Nai, Bình Phước (Bù Gia Mập National Parks), Lâm Đồng, Phú 
Ecological: in lowland, hill and lower montane forests forests at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters as a miniature to small sized

Reference:

Theplantlist

Note: The species is reported in the appendix II of the CITES (species whose trade is internationally ruled).