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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 02-17-2023

Classification:

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

References (internal):

Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Thailand / Malaya

References (external):

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, 02 May, 2019.
WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, 02 May, 2019.
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.
GBIF. Last accessed on Tuesday, 10 September, 2019.

data regenerated on Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:11:27 -0500 [bcm v4.0]