Forest-Dwelling Calanthe

Appearance

Plant blooms from fall to winter with many 5 cm wide flowers.

Naming

Synonyms
1.Alismorchis centrosis (Thouars) Steud. 1840
2.Alismorchis emarginata [Bl] Kuntze 1891
3.Alismorchis masuca (D.Don) Kuntze 1891
4.Alismorkis natalensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
5.Alismorkis plantaginea (Thouars) Kuntze 1891
6.Alismorkis purpurea (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 -
7.Alismorkis textori (Miq.) Kuntze 1891
8.Amblyglottis emarginata Blume 1825
9.Bletia masuca D. Don 1825
10.Bletia sylvatica (Thouars) Bojer 1837
11.Calanthe albolongicalcarata S.S.Ying 1974
12.Calanthe candida Bosser 1989
13.Calanthe corymbosa Lindl. 1862
14.Calanthe curtisii Rchb.f. 1884
15.Calanthe delphinioides Kraenzl. 1893
16.Calanthe emarginata [Bl] Lindl. 1833
17.Calanthe furcata f. masuca (D.Don) M.Hiroe 1971
18.Calanthe furcata f. textori (Miq.) M.Hiroe 1971
19.Calanthe humbertii H.Perrier 1955
20.Calanthe longicalcarata Hayata ex Yamam. 1930
21.Calanthe masuca (D. Don) Lindl. 1833
22.Calanthe mascua Thwaites 1884
23.Calanthe masuca f. albiflora (Ida) K.Nakaj. 1971
24.Calanthe masuca var. purpurea (Lindl.) Rao & S.R.Rathore 1984
25.Calanthe natalensis (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1856
26.Calanthe neglecta Schltr. 1915
27.Calanthe okinawensis f. albiflora Ida 1969
28.Calanthe purpurea Lindl. 1833
29.Calanthe sanderiana Rolfe 1892
30.Calanthe schliebenii Mansf. 1933
31.Calanthe seikooensis Yamam. 1931
32.Calanthe stolzii Schltr. 1915
33.Calanthe sylvatica var. geerinckiana Stévart 2000
34.Calanthe sylvatica var. natalensis Rchb.f. 1846
35.Calanthe textori Miq. 1866
36.Calanthe sylvatica var. pallidipetala Schltr 1924
37.Calanthe sylvestris Lindl. ex Steud. 1840
38.Calanthe textori f. albiflora (Ida) Hatus 1971
39.Calanthe textori var. longicalcarata (Hayata ex Yamam.) Garay & H.R.Sweet 1974
40.Calanthe versicolor Lindl. 1871
41.Calanthe violacea Rolfe 1913
42.Calanthe volkensii Rolfe 1897
43.Calanthe wightii Rchb.f. 1864
44.Centrosis corymbosa Thouars 1822
45.*Centrosis sylvatica Thouars 1852
46.Zoduba masuca (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. 1825

Distribution

Plant is found growing in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sao Tome e Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Comoros Islands, Madagascar and the Mascarenes, through India, and most of SE Asia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Vietnam and SE China at elevations of 400 to 2700 meters.