Magic orchid (Calanthe speciosa)

Magic orchid (Calanthe speciosa) is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae, epiphytic and terrestrial orchid, up to 125 cm long, fibrous roots, oval leaves, up to 75 cm long, up to 15 cm wide, folded surface, sharp tip and asymmetrical base.

C. speciosa has flowers at the end of the stalk, the overall length of the stalk is up to 60 cm, cylindrical in shape, the flowers are in a radial row 19 cm long. Flowers are up to 3 cm long and bright yellow.

This species grows on forest floors, roadsides and abandoned lands, often in damp places but tolerates long dry seasons.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Collabieae
Genus: Calanthe
Subgenus: Calanthe
Section: Styloglossum
Species: Calanthe speciosa

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Alismorkis speciosa (Blume) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
Amblyglottis speciosa Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 371 (1825)
Styloglossum speciosum (Blume) T.Yukawa & P.J.Cribb in Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., B. Bot. 40: 150 (2014)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Alismorkis scortechinii (Hook.f.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)
Calanthe disticha Tang & F.T.Wang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 43 (1974)
Calanthe patsinensis S.Y.Hu in Chung Chi J. 11: 13 (1972)
Calanthe scortechinii Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 5: 854 (1890)

PUBLICATIONS

Clayton, D. & Cribb, P. (2013). The Genus Calanthe: 1-411. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

Cootes, J. (2009). Some new orchid locality records for the Philippines. Malesian Orchid Journal 4: 45-48.

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Kurzweil, H. (2010). A precursory study of the Calanthe group (Orchidaceae) in Thailand. Adansonia, III, 32: 57-107.

Kurzweil, H. (2013). The Calanthe group in peninsular Thailand. Malesian Orchid Journal 11: 21-38.

Nakajima, M. & Ohba, H. (2011). A synopsis of Calanthe section Styloglossum. Malesian Orchid Journal 7: 5-34.

Pedersen, H.Æ. & al. (2014). Flora of Thailand 12(2): 303-670. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Wood, J.J., Beaman, T.E., Lamb, A., Lun, C.C. & Beaman, J.H. (2011). The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu 2: 1-726. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 二列虾脊兰
Chinese (traditional): 二列葉蝦脊蘭 - 八仙蘭
English: Magic orchid
Indonesian: Anggrek sihir, Anggrek magis
Java: Siraman

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