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Corymborkis veratrifolia (Reinw.) Blume

White cinnamon orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Corymborkis

Characteristics

Plants 80-100 cm tall. Stem erect, subterete, 8-12 mm in diam., with many leaves. Leaves narrowly elliptic or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 25-38 × 5.5-10 cm, abaxially often brown scurfy, basal sheaths 5-9 cm, apex long acuminate. Inflorescence a panicle, 5-9 cm, 2-6-branched, 10-30-or more flowered; bracts at branch base lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm; floral bracts ovate, 2-4 mm. Flowers fragrant, not widely spreading, white, tubular or campanulate, 3.2-3.8 cm; pedicel and ovary 4-6 mm. Sepals similar, oblanceolate-linear or narrowly spatulate, 3.2-3.8 cm, ca. 2 mm wide at narrow base, apically 5-6 mm wide. Petals similar to sepals; lip ca. as long as sepals, long clawed, apically dilated; apical lobe orbicular or broadly ovate-elliptic, ca. 1 × 1 cm, with 2 longitudinal ridges, margin undulate, apex acute and recurved. Column subcylindric, shorter than lip; rostellum bifid, ca. 3 mm. Fl. Jul.
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Stems erect, 0.5–1.5 m tall. Leaves 6–15 per stem, spreading, 200–300 × 70–100 mm, dark green, thin-textured, prominently pleated, margins wavy. Flower stems short, branched, 20–60-flowered. Flowers short-lived, crowded, 20–25 mm across, sepals green, petals and labellum white, fragrant. Dorsal sepal 25–30 × 2–3 mm. Lateral sepals 20–25 × 2–3 mm, falcate, spreading or incurved. Petals 25–30 × 3–4 mm, curled, wavy or crisped. Labellum 20–25 × 8–12 mm; base narrow, tubular; apical part expanded, heart-shaped, margins crinkled.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.65 - 1.25
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Environment

Widespread and often locally common; growing in friable soil on shady slopes and on flats and in alluvial wash near streams in rainforest from lowlands to ranges and tablelands.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal social use
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Images

Corymborkis veratrifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Corymborkis veratrifolia world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:102013-3
WFO ID wfo-0000925763
COL ID YQG6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447862
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Macrostylis disticha Corymbis trukensis Arundina tahitensis Corymbis angusta Corymbis angustifolia Corymbis batjanica Corymbis brevistylis Corymbis confusa Corymbis disticha Corymbis exaltata Corymbis lauterbachii Corymbis ledermannii Corymbis longiflora Corymbis minor Corymbis rhytidocarpa Corymbis subdensa Corymborkis ledermannii Corymborkis longiflora Corymborkis parviflora Corymborkis rhytidocarpa Corymborkis ruttenii Corymborkis sakisimensis Corymborkis subdensa Corymborkis tropidiifolia Corymborkis trukensis Corymborkis veratrifolia Chloidia confusa Corymbis sakisimensis Corymbis veratrifolia Corymborkis angustifolia Corymborkis angustissima Corymborkis assamica Corymborkis batjanica Corymborkis brevistylis Corymborkis confusa Rhynchanthera paniculata Corymborkis veratrifolia var. lauterbachii Hysteria veratrifolia
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