Tainia penangiana Hook.f.

 Tainia penangiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 5(16): 820 (1890).

Tainia penangiana Hook.f., Photo by Dinh Quang Diep

its native range is E. India to Taiwan and New Guinea.

Latinh Name: 

Tainia penangiana Hook.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Ania hookeriana (King & Pantl.) Tang & F.T.Wang ex Summerh.

Ania penangiana (Hook.f.) Summerh.

Ascotainia hookeriana (King & Pantl.) Ridl.

Ascotainia penangiana (Hook.f.) Ridl.

Ascotainia siamensis Rolfe ex Downie

Tainia hookeriana King & Pantl.

Tainia siamensis (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenf. & Smitinand

Tainia taiwaniana S.S.Ying

English Name:

The Penang Tainia (State in Malaysia)

Chinese name:

Hua Dai Chun Lan - 绿花带唇兰.

Description: 

With ovoid pseudobulbs and a single, plicate, elliptic, acute to acuminate leaf that has a long petiole and blooms on a basal, 75 cm long, glabrous, bracteate, racemose, 5 to 15 flowered inflorescence carrying a few well spaced, simultaneously opening, fragrant flowers that blooms in the winter.

Distribution:

Assam, Borneo, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Nepal, New Guinea, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Ecological:

In tropical evergreen forests at elevations of 600 to 1400 m as a medium sized, warm to cool growing, deciduous-leafed terrestrial.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the winter.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants require shade and warm temperature requirements. 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:

Malaysia: Malaya: Penang, A.C. Maingay 164 (holo. K000974259). Specimen: Tainan: Mt. Sanchiaonan 1000 m. Jun 19, 1975, Lin 390 (TAIF).