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Orchid Species: Epidendrum aristotelea

Kew currently accepted name is Spiranthes sinensis

Epidendrum aristotelea is an orchid species identified by Raeusch. in 1797. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Spiranthes sinensis.
Genus
Epidendrum (Epi.)
Grex
aristotelea
Parents
Species
Author
Raeusch.
Year
1797
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ORIGIN: Found in Java, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia occurring in moist to wet soils in swamps, marshes, near streams and in sub-alpine grasslands at elevations of 20 to 450 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small to medium sized sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with 3 to 5, obliquely erect, narrowly lanceolate, dark green, somewhat shiny leaves held in a basal rosette that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, 10 to 18 [20 to 45 cm] long, 10 to 60 flowered inflorescence with spirally arranged, fragrant flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 1/5 inch [0.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Spiranthes Spir sinensis 1908 (Pers.) Ames
Add+ Spiranthes Spir alticola 2008 D.L.Jones
Add+ Spiranthes Spir angustilabris 1913 J.J.Sm.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir elytra 2015 D.L.Jones & R.J.Bates
Add+ Aristotelea Aristotelea spiralis 1790 Lour.
Add+ Calanthe Cal australis 1850 (R.Br.) Aiton ex Loudon
Add+ Neottia Neot sinensis 1807 Pers.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir himalayensis 2017 Survesw.
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys amoena 1859 Blume
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys australis 1859 (R.Br.) Blume
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys congesta 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys novifuburgensis 1891 Kuntze
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys stylites 1891 (Lindl.) Kuntze
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys wightiana 1891 (Lindl. ex Wall.) Kuntze
Add+ Ibidium Ibidium viridiflorum 1929 (Makino) Makino
Add+ Monustes Monustes australis 1837 (R.Br.) Raf.
Add+ Neottia Neot amoena 1819 M.Bieb.
Add+ Neottia Neot crispata 1825 Blume
Add+ Neottia Neot flexuosa 1813 Sm. in A.Rees
Add+ Neottia Neot pudica 1827 (Lindl.) Sweet
Add+ Spiranthes Spir amoena 1826 (M.Bieb.) Spreng.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir aristotelea 1919 Merr.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir australis 1824 (R.Br.) Lindl.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir congesta 1824 Lindl.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir crispata 1846 (Blume) Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi
Add+ Spiranthes Spir densa 1841 A.Rich.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir flexuosa 1824 (Sm.) Lindl.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir indica 1841 Lindl. ex Steud.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir longispicata 1841 A.Rich.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir neocaledonica 1906 Schltr.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir novae-zelandiae 1852 Hook.f.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir papuana 1911 Schltr.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir parviflora 1824 (Chapm.) Ames
Add+ Spiranthes Spir pudica 1821 Lindl.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir stylites 1857 Lindl.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir viridiflora 1927 (Makino) Makino
Add+ Spiranthes Spir wightiana 1832 Lindl. ex Wall.
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