Luisia zollingeri

Luisia zollingeri Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6(4): 622 (1863).

Luisia zollingeri Rchb.f., Photo by Worranittha Koenig

its native range is China (S. Yunnan) to W. Malesia.

Latinh Name: 

Luisia zollingeri Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Luisia latilabris Rolfe ex Downie

Luisia latipetala J.J.Sm.

Luisia zollingeri var. latipetala (J.J.Sm.) Sulist.

English Name:

Zollinger's Luisia (Swiss Orchid Botanist 18 - 1900's).

Chinese name:

Chang Ye Chai Zi Gu - 长叶钗子股 .

Vietnamese name:

San hô môi túi

Description: 

With a mostly pendulous, apically uprising stem carrying, terete, obtuse, channeled above leaves that blooms in the spring on a .1 cm long, several flowered inflorescence with very short rounded floral bracts.

Distribution:

Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (Hà Giang, Hương Hóa, Quảng Trị, Lâm Đồng).

Ecological:

On trees in montane forests at elevations of sealevel to 1000 m as a medium to large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

8.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are best grown hanged in baskets and on mounted and usually require moderate sunlight and intermediate to warm temperatures. Plants should be grown in media that is well drained such as medium fir bark or sphagnum moss. Water plant regularly.

Type:

Kerr, A.F.G. [302], Thailand K000891537 Unknown type material

Kerr, A.F.G. [302], Thailand K000891536 Unknown type material