Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen

 Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 90. (1885).

 Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen, Photo by Nguyễn Hùng Quyền

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym:

Haplochilus flavus (Wall. ex Lindl.) D.Dietr.

Monochilus flavus Wall. ex Lindl.

Zeuxine aurantiaca Schltr.

Zeuxine chenkangensis Ormerod

Vietnamese name:

Tị trụ vàng

English Name:

The Yellow Zeuxine - 黄花线柱兰 

Chinese name:

Huang Hua Xian Zhu Lan

Thailand name:

Ueang din noi pak lueang.

Description: 

Growing terrestrial with a stem carrying 3 to 4, towards the apex, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, withering during flowering, petiolate base leaves flower on a subdensely 10 to 17 flowered, to 25 cm long, pubescent, sheathed inflorescence

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya and VietNam (Kon Tum, Ninh Hải, Ninh Thuận).

Ecological:

Open forests in limestone areas; ca. 1400 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the later winter and early spring.

Flower size:

3mm.

Cultivation:

Water:  1 – 2 time daily

Light:  direct sunlight

Temperature:  20 – 38°C

Type:

Wallich, N. [7380], Borneo K000718636 Unknown type material

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

efloras.org

thuocdongduoc.vn

orchidcambodia.com