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Orchid Species: Acampe rigida

Kew currently accepted name is Acampe praemorsa

Acampe rigida is an orchid species identified by (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt in 1970. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Acampe praemorsa.
Genus
Acampe (Acp.)
Grex
rigida
Parents
Species
Author
(Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) P.F.Hunt
Year
1970
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ORIGIN: Found in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan provinces of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Sri Lankha, western Himalayas, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines in tropical valleys on shady cliffs on karst limestone outcrops and or on trees at the forests edge at elevations of 300 to 800 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Large to giant sized, hot growing lithophyte or occasional epiphyte with a stout, often branched stem carrying thick, stiffly ascending, unequally yet minutely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, axillary, shortly branched, 6 [15 cm] long, stout, few to several flowered inflorescence with fleshy flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Acampe Acp papillosa 1853 (Lindl.) Lindl.
Add+ Acampe Acp congesta 1853 (Lindl.) Lindl.
Add+ Gastrochilus Gchls congestus 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Acampe Acp praemorsa 1932 (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann
Add+ Acampe Acp excavata 1853 Lindl.
Add+ Acampe Acp intermedia 1856 Rchb.f.
Add+ Acampe Acp longifolia 1853 (Lindl.) Lindl.
Add+ Acampe Acp multiflora 1853 (Lindl.) Lindl.
Add+ Acampe Acp penangiana 1896 Ridl.
Add+ Acampe Acp taiwaniana 1974 S.S.Ying
Add+ Acampe Acp wightiana 1853 (Lindl. ex Wight) Lindl.
Add+ Acampe Acp praemorsa var. longepedunculata 2018 (Trimen) Govaerts
Add+ Gastrochilus Gchls longifolius 1924 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Gastrochilus Gchls papillosus 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Gastrochilus Gchls praemorsus 1891 (Roxb.) Kuntze
Add+ Rhynchostylis Rhy papillosa 1847 (Lindl.) Heynh.
Add+ Sarcochilus Sarco praemorsus 1826 (Roxb.) Spreng.
Add+ Saccolabium Slm longifolium 1890 (Lindl.) Hook.f.
Add+ Saccolabium Slm papillosum 1833 Dalzell & A.Gibson
Add+ Saccolabium Slm praemorsum 1890 (Roxb.) Hook.f.
Add+ Saccolabium Slm wightianum 1890 (Lindl. ex Wight) Hook.f.
Add+ Sarcanthus Snths praemorsus 1826 (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Spreng.
Add+ Vanda V congesta 1839 Lindl.
Add+ Vanda V fasciata 1853 Gardner ex Lindl.
Add+ Vanda V longifolia 1833 Lindl.
Add+ Vanda V multiflora 1826 Lindl.
Add+ Vanda V viminea 1930 Guillaumin
Add+ Vanda V wightiana 1851 Lindl. ex Wight
Add+ Aerides Aer rigida 1818 Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees
Add+ Acampe Acp praemorsa var. praemorsa
Add+ Cymbidium Cym praemorsum 1799 (Roxb.) Sw.
Add+ Epidendrum Epi praemorsum 1795 Roxb.
Add+ Saccolabium Slm congestum 1890 (Lindl.) Hook.f.
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