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Phaius tankervilleae complex
Calanthe tankervilleae
Calanthe tankervilleae, commonly known as the greater swamp-orchid, swamp lily, swamp orchid, nun's-hood orchid, nun's orchid, veiled orchid, Lady Tankerville's swamp orchid or 鹤顶兰 (he ding lan), is a species of orchid native to areas from Asia to islands in the Pacific Ocean. It has large, pleated leaves and tall flowering stems bearing up to twenty five white, brown, mauve and yellow flowers. It was named for Lady Tankerville who was the first person to make...
12 branches of this group, most-observed first
Chinese Ground Orchid
speciesCalanthe tankervilleae
Lesser Swamp-orchid
speciesPhaius australis
Calanthe subtriloba
speciesCalanthe subtriloba
Calanthe callosa
speciesCalanthe callosa
Calanthe reflexipetala
speciesCalanthe reflexipetala
Wallich's Phaius
speciesCalanthe wallichii
Calanthe tetragona
speciesCalanthe tetragona
Calanthe philippinensis
speciesCalanthe philippinensis
Calanthe indigofera
speciesCalanthe indigofera
Calanthe testacea
speciesCalanthe testacea
Calanthe cooperi
speciesCalanthe cooperi
Calanthe montana
speciesCalanthe montana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1644770.