Tainia bicornis

Tainia bicornis Rchb.f., Bonplandia 5: 54 (1857).

Tainia bicornis Rchb.f., Photo by Mathew Jose Mathew

its native range is India to Jawa.

Latinh Name: 

Tainia bicornis Rchb.f. 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Ania bicornis Lindl.

Ania latifolia Wight

Eria bicornis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Eria wightii (Blume) Rchb.f.

Mitopetalum bicorne (Lindl.) Blume

Mitopetalum wightii Blume

English Name:

Two-Horned Tainia - refers to the 2 horns at the apex of the column.

Description: 

With cylindrical, basally swollen psedobulbs carrying a single, apical, broadly elliptic, acuminate, thin, 3 thickened veined, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the later winter on an erect, terminal, peduncle 4 bracted, 31 to 37.5 cm long, 45 to 60 cm long overall, rachis 8 to 30 cm long, 10 to 17 flowered inflorescence with patent to spreading, triangular floral bracts and carrying wide spreasing, mostly simultaneously opening flowers. 

Distribution:

India, Jawa, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Ecological:

In high evergreen forets at elevations of 900 to 1300 m as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the later winter.

Flower size:

3.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants require shade and cool to warm temperature requirements depending on the species. Plants should be potted in a mix that retain some moisture such as gravel. Medium should be kept moist during growing season. Repotting should be done after flowering.

Type:

Kerr, A.F.G. [295], Thailand K000596200 holotype