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Orchid Species: Anoectochilus pulcher

Kew currently accepted name is Nephelaphyllum pulchrum

Anoectochilus pulcher is an orchid species identified by (Blume) Rollisson in 1875. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Nephelaphyllum pulchrum.
Genus
Anoectochilus (Anct.)
Grex
pulcher
Parents
Species
Author
(Blume) Rollisson
Year
1875
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ORIGIN: Found in Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines in damp shady places in mixed forests and lower montane and oak/laurel forests as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial orchid occurring at elevations of 300 to 2000 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Found in Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines in damp shady places in mixed forests and lower montane and oak/laurel forests as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial orchid occurring at elevations of 300 to 2000 meters with a creeping, fleshy rhizome carrying closely spaced, fleshy, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate-triangular to cordate, acute to obtuse, variegated dark and light green, flushed with purple leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, 4 to 6 [10 to 25 cm] long, very densely several [3 to 7] flowered, racemose inflorescence with the flowers held in an apical head.

FLOWER SIZE: 1 inch [2.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Nephelaphyllum Nep pulchrum 1825 Blume
Add+ Tainia Tai borneensis 1932 (Schltr.) Gagnep.
Add+ Nephelaphyllum Nep borneense 1906 Schltr.
Add+ Nephelaphyllum Nep latilabre 1896 Ridl.
Add+ Nephelaphyllum Nep sikkimensis 1989 (Hook.f.) Karth. in S.Karthikeyan & al.
Add+ Tainia Tai latilabris 1932 (Ridl.) Gagnep.
Add+ Tainia Tai pulchra 1932 (Blume) Gagnep.
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