Cephalantheropsis longipes (Hook.f.) Ormerod

Cephalantheropsis longipes (Hook.f.) Ormerod, Orchid Digest 62(4): 156 (1998).

Cephalantheropsis longipes (Hook.f.) Ormerod; Photos Trương Quang Cường

Vietnamese name: 

Trung lan, Hoa đầu.

Chinise name: 

白花黄兰 bai hua huang lan

Common Name: 

The Long Stemmed Cephalantheropsis

Latin Name: 

Cephalantheropsis longipes (Hook.f.) Ormerod

Family: 

Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: 

Alismorkis longipes (Hook.f.) Kuntze

Calanthe dolichopoda Fukuy.

Calanthe gracilis var. sumatrana J.J.Sm.

Calanthe longipes Hook.f.

Cephalantheropsis lateriscapa Guillaumin

Gastrorchis lateriscapa (Guillaumin) Aver.

Phaius longipes (Hook.f.) Holttum

Phaius mindorensis Ames

Description: 

Orchid, about 5-8 leaves, grow near the tip. Flowers 10-25 cm high, growing from the lower part of the stem. Flower cluster 5-15 flowers, flower size 1 cm, not expanding, from white to yellow when almost dying, flowers bloom in the fall.

Distribution: 

Found in Taiwan, the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sumatra and the Philippines. In VietNam, found in, Lai châu, Lào Cai, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Lâm Đồng, Tây Nguyên.

Ecological: 

Forests; at elevations of 1200 m.

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org