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2. Spathoglottis aurea Lindl.wfo-0000312071

J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 34. 1850; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 813. 1890; J.B.Comber, Orchids Java: 102 (incl. colour photo). 1990; Seidenf., Opera Bot. 114: 88. 1992; Seidenf. & J.J.Wood, Orchids Penins. Malays. Singap.: 163, fig. 70j–k, t. 8d. 1992; J.B.Comber, Orchids Sumatra: 296 (incl. colour photo). 2001; Kurzweil, Rheedea 18: 66, t. 1b. 2008. Fig. 337.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Flowering shoots entirely glabrous except for the calli on the labellum, 60–90 cm tall. Pseudobulbs ovoid. Foliage leaves 2–3, lanceolate, acuminate, 30–50 by 2.5–4 cm; petioles 10–20 cm long. Inflorescences lax; sterile bracts 2–4, lanceolate-oblong, acute, sometimes purple tinged, 1.6–2 cm long; rachis elongating to about 22 cm, ca 10-flowered; floral bracts ovate, obtuse, 10–12 by ca 13 mm. Flowers 40–65 mm in diameter; yellow, labellum with red markings. Sepals oblong, acute, 20–25 by 10–12 mm. Petals elliptic, acute, 20–25 by 11–14 mm. Labellum 3-lobed, ca 22 by 32 mm; mid-lobe narrowly oblong and somewhat pointed, indistinctly wider in the upper part, obtuse, ca 16 by 4 mm; side lobes erect, to 15 by 4.5 mm; disk ornamented by terete twin-calli, clavate, basally joined, 4 mm tall. Column curved, 15–18 mm long. Ovary (including pedicel) ca 30 mm long. Capsule not seen. [Description mainly drafted from the Thai specimen].

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Yala (Hala Bala WS – Middleton et al. 3672B -BKF), Narathiwat (Suksathan, pers. comm.).

Distribution : Peninsular Malaysia (type), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, ?New Guinea.

Ecology : Terrestrial, habitat unknown, 1,490 m alt. Flowering: May.