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Preptanthe succedanea is an orchid species identified by (Gagnep.) T.Yukawa & P.J.Cribb in 2014. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Calanthe succedanea.
ORIGIN: Found in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos along tributaries to the Mekong at elevations of 200 to 1000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small sized, hot to warm growing orchid with clusterd, longly pyramidal, 4 to 5 annular ringed pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 3, lanceolate, attenuate-acute, membraneous, plicate, 5 to 7 nerved, narrowing into petiolate base leaves that blooms without leaves in the later fall and winter on a lateral to the pseudobulb, soft pubescent, 7.2 to 12 [18 to 30 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence with 3 spathe like, acuminate bracts with long weak hairs.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.68 inches [1.7 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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