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Calanthe delphinioides

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Name

Identification
Calanthe delphinioides Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Calanthe corymbosa Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Calanthe sylvatica
  • Calanthe delphinioides
  • Calanthe corymbosa

Flora

Entry for CALANTHE delphinioides Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
CALANTHE delphinioides Kränzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 55.
Information
Rhizome stout. Leaves elliptical-oblong, acute, 6–9 in. long, 3–4 in. broad; petioles 4–6 in. long. Scape 1 1/4 ft. long; raceme 3 in. long, about 10–12-flowered; rhachis pubescent. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4–6 in. long. Pedicels 1 in. long. Sepals and petals elliptical-oblong, acute or apiculate, membranous, 6 lin. long. Lip adnate to the short column, 5–6 lin. long, with a pair of small, roundish, oblong, auriculate side lobes at the base; front lobe bilobed, very narrow at the base, nearly truncate; disc with a linear-oblong, wart-like crest at the base; spur slender, slightly curved, 5–6 lin. long.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea near Mimbia, 3600 ft., Preuss, 1061!
Notes
Very closely allied to the preceding.

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