Pholidota pallida Lindl.

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome short, 5-6 mm in diam., densely covered with scaly sheaths, with many roots. Pseudobulbs contiguous, nearly narrowly oblong, 1.8-6 cm × 6-11 mm, slightly obtusely 4-ridged, apex 1-leaved. Leaf blade narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate to narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 10-23 × 2.3-5.5 cm, papery, apex acute or acuminate and mucronate; petiole 1-4 cm. Inflorescence arising from young pseudobulbs, with nearly mature or immature leaf at anthesis, 10-25 cm; rachis nodding, densely many flowered; floral bracts broadly ovate-sagittate, conduplicate, concave, 3-5 mm, pubescent on margin, with many somewhat loosely arranged veins, acute to obtuse. Flowers white, slightly tinged with reddish; pedicel and ovary 3-4 mm. Dorsal sepal broadly elliptic, concave, 4-5 × 2.5-3 mm, dorsally carinate, apex acute; lateral sepals broadly ovate-oblong, oblique, 5-6 × 3-3.5 mm, dorsally carinate, ± connate at base. Petals ovate-elliptic, ca. 4 × 2-2.5 mm; lip shallowly saccate, 4-6 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes ovate, 1.5-2 mm; mid-lobe transversely oblong, ca. 3 × 4 mm, apex emarginate; saccate disk with 2 or 3 thick veins near base. Column ca. 3 mm, both sides with wings; wings above middle broader and nearly orbicular in ventral view. Capsule subobovoid, ca. 1 cm × 6 mm; fruiting pedicel 2-3 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Oct. 2n = 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests; at elevations from 800-2,700 metres
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Pholidota pallida unspecified picture
Pholidota pallida unspecified picture

Distribution

Pholidota pallida world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:650673-1
WFO ID wfo-0000269902
COL ID 4GLV7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 673696
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Synonyms

Pholidota tixieri Coelogyne calceata Coelogyne pallida Pholidota schlechteri Pholidota yunnanensis Pholidota yunpeensis Pholidota imbricata var. sessilis Pholidota pallida var. sessilis Pholidota pallida