Tribe | Arethuseae |
Subtribe | Bletiinae |
Scientific name | Gastrorchis pulchra Humbert & H. Perrier |
Synonyms | Phaius pulcher (Humbert & H. Perrier) Summerhayes |
Distribution | Madagascar |
Reference | Gastrorchis pulchra Humbert & H. Perrier |
Phaius pulcher (Humbert & H. Perrier) Summerh. 1964 | |
Note | Photos below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Nakano Orchid Nursery and displayed at the Orchid Show 2008 in Tokyo Dome (Tokyo Japan). |
This orchid was displayed as Gastrorchis schlechteri 'Fredensborg'. Gastrorchis schlechteri Français is a synonym of Gastrorchis humblotii (Reichenbach f.) Schlechter var. schlechteri (H. Perrier) Senghas ex Bosser & P. J. Cribb (syn. Phaius humblotii Reichenbach f. var. schlechteri (H. Perrier) Bosser; Phaius schlechteri (H. Perrier) Summerhayes). However said orchid was in fact Gastrorchis pulchra 'Fredensborg'. I examned these based on Johan and Clare Hermans, David Du Puy, Phillip Cribb and Jean Bosser, Orchid of Madagascar second edition, Kew Publishing, 2007. |
February 2008 at Tokyo Dome |
February 2008 at Tokyo Dome |