Spathoglottis affinis

Spathoglottis affinis de Vriese, Orchid. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 15 1855.

Spathoglottis affinis
Spathoglottis affinis de Vriese; Photo Nguyen Hoang Tuan

Vietnamese name: Cau diệp gần, Chu đinh vàng trơn.

Chinese Name:

Common Name: The Similar Spathoglottis

Thailand Name: Hua khao nieo

Latin Name: Spathoglottis affinis de Vriese

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: Spathoglottis lobbii Rchb.f.; Spathoglottis regneri Rchb.f. 

Description:

Reaching to 70 cm tall with small flattened pseudobulbs that hide beneath the surface of the medium and carry 4, plicate, deciduous, up to 30 cm long and 2-3 cm wide leaves. The Similar Spathoglottis blooms on an erect, 70 cm long, 15 flowered inflorescence with up to 6 flowers open at a time

Flowering: Flowers blooming in Spring-Summer

Distribution: Found in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Java and Borneo. In Vietnam: Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận, Đồng Nai. Tây Nguyên (Gia Lai, Kon Tum, ĐắK Lắk), Lâm Đồng to Đồng Nai, Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu.

Ecological: in deciduous, dry, lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of 700 to 1000 m as a miniature, deciduous, warm growing terrestrial

Reference:

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

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