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Accession Data:

Orchidantha siamensis K.Larsen

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Lowiaceae Ridley

  • Country of Origin: Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia
  • Habitat: Understory of primary everygreen forest.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900268
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1999076
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 99-6320
    Kress, W. J., Collins, M., Sukhavanich, N.
    Thailand: Naratiwat Province: Bacho District
    Budho Padee National Park;  Bacho Waterfall
    6.4811, 101.6697, 22 Apr 1999
    
    Leaves green.  Flowers on basal inflorescences, sepals deep purple, petals white, labellum pure white, sticky and mucilaginous, with sweetly foul smell.
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 1209 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Lowiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Thailand / Malaya

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, 02 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, 02 May, 2019.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.
  4. GBIF. Last accessed on Tuesday, 10 September, 2019.

data regenerated on Sat, 05 Oct 2024 14:21:48 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Orchidantha siamensis

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Current Accessions in the Lowiaceae

  • Orchidantha chinensis W/C
  • Orchidantha siamensis W/C
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  • Orchidantha fimbriata W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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