Diploprora championii Hook.f.-Champion's Diploprora

Diploprora championii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(17): 26 (1890).

Diploprora championii

Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f.; Photo Diep Dinh Quang

Vietnamese name: Song thái mỹ.

Chinise name: 蛇舌 she she lan

Common Name: Champion's Diploprora (Scottish Officer and Plant Enthusiast early 1800's)

Latin Name: Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f.

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: Cottonia championii Lindl.; Diploprora bicaudata (Thwaites) Schltr.; Diploprora championi (Lindl. ex Benth.) Hook. f. ex Schltr.; Diploprora championii var. uraiensis (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Diploprora kusukusensis Hayata; Diploprora uraiensis Hayata; Luisia bicaudata Thwaites; Stauropsis championi (Lindl. ex Benth.) T. Tang & F.T. Wang; Stauropsis championii (Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Stauropsis kusukusensis (Hayata) Tang & F.T.Wang

Description:

Small orchids, stems growing close to the substrate, long with many roots, twisted leaves. Short inflorescences, 2-3 flowers, 1.5 cm in size, bloom in the Spring.

Distribution: Found in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan provinces of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Sri Lankha, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. In VietNam, found in Sapa, Lào Cai, Tam Đảo, Vĩnh Phú.

Ecological: Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests or lithophytic on rocks along valleys; 200-1500 m.

Reference:

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

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