Smitinandia micrantha
Submitted by wellsy on Fri, 21/11/2008 - 14:31
Smitinandia micrantha (Lindl.) Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 25: 106 (1969).
Synonyms:
Homotypic Synonyms:
Ceratochilus micranthus (Lindl.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 232 (1833).
* Saccolabium micranthum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 220 (1833).
Gastrochilus parviflorus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
Cleisostoma micranthum (Lindl.) King & Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 239 (1899).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Saccolabium fissum Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 361 (1896).
Uncifera albiflora Guillaumin, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 333 (1930).
Cleisostoma poilanei Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 79: 34 (1932).
Cleisostoma petitiana Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 17: 434 (1945).
Pomatocalpa poilanei (Gagnep.) Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 100 (1951).
Cleisostoma tixieri Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 32: 369 (1960).
Distribution: Himalaya, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Malaysia, China
smitinandii
wellsy, considering the size of the flowers on S.micrantha you have captured these flowers superbly. I have this species in flower at this time, but the inflorescence is
only one and a half inches long and the flowers are about 3mm wide.
The inflorescence and flowers on your plant look larger more robust.
bernabu
Thanks for the compliment
Thanks for the compliment Bernard!
I concur with the 3mm wide flowers...lucky I wear reading glasses to be able to see them at all!
The inflorescence on the longest (and closest one) is around 3 inches (75mm) long.
These two plants are both divisions off a plant I have had for about 30 years. It had to be cut up about 6-7 years ago to get rid of 'dead wood'.
S.micrantha
I think this shows the difference in our growing conditions, at this time of writing it is freezing outdoors, average eight hours daylight and no sun on my greenhouse until February.
bernabu