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Calanthe argenteo-striata is an orchid species name for which no taxonomic record was found. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Calanthe argenteostriata.
ORIGIN: Found in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and southeastern Yunnan provinces of China and Vietnam in broad leafed, evergreen, humid, primary forests in damp crevasses, on steep shady slopes in limestone karst regions at elevations of 500 to 1200 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small to just large sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial or lithophyte with clustered, subconical pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 7, plicate, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, dark green silver striped above, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, basal, to 24 [60 cm] long, several [10+] flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, glabrous, persistent floral bracts.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.8 inches [2 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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