Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 5 (1850) 34
Type: Veitch cult. (Malay Peninsula, Malacca) (holo K)
Synonyms:
- Spathoglottis wrayi Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1890) 812; Hooker's Icon. Pl. 21 (1892) t. 2086
- Type: Wray (Perak, 4500 ft.) - Spathoglottis microchilina Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17 (1893) 484
- Type: Micholitz s.n. (Sumatra, Padang) (holo B, lost)
Leaves petiolate; blade lanceolate, including the petiole 30-50 by 2.5-4 cm, apex acuminate. Inflorescences racemose, to 60 cm long, glabrous; peduncle-scales few, open, acute; rachis few-flowered. Floral bracts concave, scarcely as long as the pedicel, apex acute, glabrous. Flowers c. 3 cm diam. Median sepal oblong, apex acute. Lateral sepals oblong, apex acute. Petals oblong, apex acute. Lip 3-lobed, more or less cruciform when flattened at the base; callus bilobed, obovate, obtusely semi-twisted, sparsely hairy; lateral lobes linear, obtusely falcate, curved in front; mid-lobe linear-lanceolate, narrow, folded at apex, at the base with two triangular lobules, apex acute when flattened; smaller than the column. (After Howcroft, 1992).
Sepals and petals golden yellow tinged with purple, lateral lobes of lip purple; floral bracts greenish brown.
Terrestrial on open slopes; 1750 to 2100 m.
Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, New Guinea), Vietnam.
Papua (Indonesia). See map
Cool growing terrestrial, requires light position.
January, April, May, December.
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java (1905) 218
- Smith, J.J., Orchid. Java, Fig.-Atl. (1909) fig. 161
- Smith, J.J., Nova Guinea 14, 3 (1929) 356, as Spathoglottis microchilina Kraenzl.
- Smith, J.J., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Suppl. 2 (1930) t. 44, fig. II
- Wood, J.J., Orchid. Borneo 3 (1997) 223, fig. 97, pl. 26A, as Spathoglottis microchilina Kraenzl.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Collabieae
- Subtribe Not used
- Genus Spathoglottis
- Species Spathoglottis aurea
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Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., flower, front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 960056 (Roelfsema, Vogel & van Balgooy), from Malaysia , Selangor, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., plant habit, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 960056 (Roelfsema, Vogel & van Balgooy), from Malaysia , Selangor, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., inflorescence, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 960056 (Roelfsema, Vogel & van Balgooy), from Malaysia , Selangor, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., flower, oblique front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 960056 (Roelfsema, Vogel & van Balgooy), from Malaysia , Selangor, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., flower, oblique lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 960056 (Roelfsema, Vogel & van Balgooy), from Malaysia , Selangor, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., column and lip, front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 960056 (Roelfsema, Vogel & van Balgooy), from Malaysia , Selangor, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., column and lip, oblique lateral view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 960056 (Roelfsema, Vogel & van Balgooy), from Malaysia , Selangor, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., flowers, photo J. Comber, R.B.G. Kew 34628, from Malaysia, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., flowers, photo J. Comber, R.B.G. Kew 34628, from Malaysia, Genting Highlands
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., flower, front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20010177 (van Balgooy), from Malaysia, Sabah
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., flower, oblique front view, photo Ed de Vogel, Leiden cult. 20010177 (van Balgooy), from Malaysia, Sabah
Spathoglottis aurea
Spathoglottis aurea Lindl., as Spathoglottis microchilina Kraenzl., floral analysis, drawing J.J. Smith, from Gjellerup 1044