Cheirostylis takeoi

 Cheirostylis takeoi Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 171 (1919).

Cheirostylis takeoi Schltr., Photo by 蘇清記

its native range is N. Vietnam, Central Nansei-shoto to Taiwan.

Latin Name: 

Cheirostylis takeoi Schltr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Arisanorchis tairae Fukuy.

Arisanorchis takeoi Hayata

Cheirostylis anomala Ohwi

Cheirostylis eglandulosa Aver.

Cheirostylis tairae (Fukuy.) Masam.

Cheirostylis tatewakii Masam.

Vietnamese name:

Thạch lan

English Name:

Takeo's Cheirostylis.

Chinese name:

Quan Chun Cha Zhu Lan - 全唇叉柱兰 .

Description: 

With an ascending, stem carrying 2 to 6, often absent or withered at blooming, subrosulate, pale green, ovate to broadly ovate, acute apically, rounded to subcordate abruptly narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, sparsely pubescent, 10 to 18 cm long, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence with 2 to 3, sterile, sheaths and ovate to ovate-lanceolate, equal in length to the ovary acuminate apically floral bracts.

Distribution:

Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Vietnam (Cao Bằng, Hà Giang, Bắc Kạn).

Ecological:

In broad-leaved forests at elevations of 100 to 1400 m as a miniature to small sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

5.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Warm growing epiphyte, prefers humus-rich compost and light shade.

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/622765-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:622765-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/cheirtakeoi.htm.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrolirium_ornatum

- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242312337