Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume

Foxtail orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Rhynchostylis

Characteristics

Stems ascending, usually 3-10 cm, 1-2 cm in diam., enclosed in leaf sheaths. Leaves broadly lorate, 20-40 × 2-4 cm, unequally bilobed. Inflorescences 1-3, pendulous, 30-40 cm, densely many flowered; rachis 20-30 cm, thick; floral bracts reflexed, broadly ovate, 3-4 mm. Flowers unscented, 1.7-2.3 cm in diam., sepals and petals white and spotted with pink or pale purple, lip purplish pink, apex white, spur white; pedicel and ovary 7-10 mm. Dorsal sepal elliptic, 7-11 × 4.2-5 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely oblong, 7-11 × 4.5-5.5 mm, base adnate to column foot, apex obtuse. Petals narrowly oblong, 7-7.5 × 2.5-3 mm, obtuse; lip often conduplicate, oblong-spatulate, 8-10 × 5-6 mm, rounded, apiculate, or slightly retuse, spurred; spur laterally compressed, 6-8 mm, rounded. Column ca. 4 mm, foot ca. 2 mm; stipe ca. 2.2 mm, linear, dilated and capitate; viscidium oblanceolate, ca. 1.8 × 0.6 mm. Capsule obovoid or subclavate, ca. 2.5 × 1.3 cm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun-Jul. 2n = 38.
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Environment

Epiphytic on tree trunks in open forests or at forest margins; at elevations from 300-1,500 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Emollient (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Rhynchostylis retusa world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:655701-1
WFO ID wfo-0000296590
COL ID 78VSZ
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Synonyms

Limodorum retusum Rhynchostylis guttata Saccolabium blumei Saccolabium praemorsum Saccolabium retusum Saccolabium spicatum Sarcanthus guttatus Rhynchostylis gurwalica Rhynchostylis praemorsa Rhynchostylis retusa Saccolabium guttatum Rhynchostylis albiflora Aerides praemorsa Aerides retusa Aerides spicata Aerides undulata Epidendrum hippium Epidendrum indicum Epidendrum retusum Gastrochilus blumei Gastrochilus retusus Gastrochilus rheedei Gastrochilus spicatus Rhynchostylis retusa f. albiflora Aerides guttata Gastrochilus garwalicus Saccolabium furcatum Saccolabium gurwalicum Saccolabium macrostachyum Aerides undulatum Orchis lanigera Saccolabium rheedei