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Orchid Species: Geodorum purpureum

Kew currently accepted name is Geodorum densiflorum

Geodorum purpureum is an orchid species identified by R.Br. in W.T.Aiton in 1813. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Geodorum densiflorum.
Genus
Geodorum (Gdm.)
Grex
purpureum
Parents
Species
Author
R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
Year
1813
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ORIGIN: Found in the the eastern Himalayas, India and Nepal at elevations around 850 to 900 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized, warm growing epiphyte with an ovoid, annulated pseudobulb carrying immature at flowering, lanceolate becoming broadly elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, 7 veined, tapering below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on an, arising from below the summit of the pseudobulb, 20 to 25 [50 to 65 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with 2, loose, basal sheaths and shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying waxy, fragrant flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.6 inches [1.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Epidendrum Epi tuberosum 1786 G.Forst.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm appendiculatum 1845 Griff.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm densiflorum 1919 (Lam.) Schltr.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm candidum 1855 (Roxb.) Lindl.
Add+ Cymbidium Cym nutans 1799 (Roxb.) Sw.
Add+ Cymbidium Cym pictum 1810 R.Br.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm formosanum 1895 Rolfe ex Hemsl.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm fucatum 1834 Lindl.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm neocaledonicum 1929 Kraenzl.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm nutans 1908 (C.Presl) Ames
Add+ Geodorum Gdm pacificum 1908 Rolfe
Add+ Geodorum Gdm rariflorum 1855 Lindl.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm semicristatum 1855 Lindl.
Add+ Geodorum Gdm tricarinatum 1911 Schltr.
Add+ Limodorum Limo candidum 1832 Roxb.
Add+ Dendrobium Den nutans 1827 C.Presl
Add+ Limodorum Limo nutans 1795 Roxb.
Add+ Ortmannia Ortmannia cernua 1834 (Willd.) Opiz
Add+ Otandra Otandra cernua 1812 (Willd.) Salisb.
Add+ Tropidia Tro grandis 1873 Hance
Add+ Limodorum Limo densiflorum 1792 Lam.
Add+ Arethusa Aret glutinosa 1837 Blanco
Add+ Cistella Cistella cernua 1825 (Willd.) Blume
Add+ Dendrobium Den haenkeanum 1840 Steud.
Add+ Eulophia Euph picta 2017 (R.Br.) Ormerod
Add+ Geodorum Gdm pallidum 1825 D.Don
Add+ Malaxis Mal cernua 1805 Willd.
Add+ Malaxis Mal nutans 1805 (Roxb.) Willd.
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