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Alismorkis griffithii is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Kuntze in 1891. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Calanthe griffithii.
ORIGIN: Found in Nepal, Bhutan, India, Yunnan and southeastern Tibet China and Myanmar in evergreen broad-leaved forests on wet banks in shady, moist locations at elevations of 1500 to 3000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with conic pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 4, well developed at blooming, plicate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, contracting below into the cuneate, pseudostem base leaves that blooms in the spring through early fall on a terminal, stout, erect, densely pubescent, rachis to 7.6 [19 cm] long, overall to 66 [to 75 cm] long, sparsely many flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent floral bracts.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.6 inches [4 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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