Dipodium paludosum (Griff.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 15 (1862).
(Dipodium paludosum (Griff.) Rchb.f.; Photo Nguyen Van Canh)
Vietnamese name: Lan song túc đầm lầy, Song cước ẩm lầy, Song túc lầy.
Chinese Name:
Common Name: The Pale Dipodium
Latin Name: Dipodium paludosum (Griff.) Rchb.f.
Family: Orchidaceae
Synonym Name:
Grammatophyllum affine Griff.; Grammatophyllum paludosum Griff.; Wailesia paludosa (Griff.) Rchb.f.
Description:
Orchid, usually grows in swamps, the trunk is up to 1m high. The leaves are dense, 20-30cm long and 2cm wide. Inflorescence in leaf axils, up to 60cm long, focused on apical (5-10cm), white or pale yellow, large 1.5cm (with 8-15 flowers). The wings are divided into 3 lobes with pockets at the base, and with prominent stripes with apical hairs in the middle.
Flowering:
Flowers bloom in late spring
Distribution:
Found in ThaiLand, Malaysia, Philippin, Indonesia and Vietnam. In Vietnam from Nguyên (Daklak, Lâm Đồng) to Nambộ (Côn Đảo)
Ecological:
As a free standing, large sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial in lowland grasslands with basal roots giving rise to an elongate stem bearing many, imbricate, strap-shaped, gradually narrowed from the base to the acute apex.
Reference:
- theplantlist.org
- efloras.org
- orchidspecies.com
- ipni.org
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