Phaius Tankervilliae Orchid

by Blair Wainman

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Phaius Tankervilliae Orchid

Artist

Blair Wainman

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Photograph - Photography Print

Description

This large, terrestrial species is a hot to warm growing native of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Xizang and Yunnan provinces of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Pacific Islands, Malaysia and Indonesia at elevations up to 1300 meters in lower montane woods and in grasslands in moist depressions with black soil with ovoid or conical, green pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several leaf bearing sheaths with elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, thin-textured, petiolate leaves that blooms in the spring. The more than 4' [120 cm] long, erect, basal, racemose inflorescence, after blooming and the fall of the dead flowers, can be cut off and placed on sand in a long, plastic, plant flat and partially covered, put in a deep shaded, humid, well watered area and in 2 to 3 months, plantlets will begin to grow from the old floral bracts. After 6 months they can be transplanted into a pot. This species has become an invasive species in some countries such as Jamaica and Hawaii. It has also been domesticated in various parts of Colombia.
This one was captured at Orquideas del Tolima, an experimental type facility dedicated to the study, propagation and conservation of orchids in Colombia.

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August 17th, 2013

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