Pennilabium struthio Carr-The Ostrich-Like Pennilabium

 Pennilabium struthio Carr, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 5: 151 (1930).

Pennilabium struthio
Pennilabium struthio
Pennilabium struthio
Pennilabium struthio Carr; Photo Sang Lộc

Vietnamese name:

Chinise name:

Common Name: The Ostrich-Like Pennilabium

Latin Name: Pennilabium struthio Carr

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Description:

The leaves are about 10cm long and 1.5cm wide. The flowers are yellow with black dots on the wings, a white tongue at the top, and a spur sticking upwards. The inflorescence is about 2-3cm long, flowers bloom one by one, each season about 3-4 flowers in summer.

Distribution: Found in the eastern Himalayas, Thailand, Malaysia and Borneo and Vietnam. In VietNam, found in Tây Nguyên.

Ecological: They are found in evergreen forests in the Central Highlands, at an altitude of 900m

Reference:

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

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