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Calanthe sylvatica is a species of orchid from the genus Calanthe.
Description[]
Plant blooms from fall to winter with many 5 cm wide flowers
Distribution[]
Plant is found growing in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sao Tome e Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Comoros Islands, Madagascar and the Mascarenes, through India, and most of SE Asia, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Vietnam and SE China at elevations of 400 to 2700 meters
Culture[]
Plants grows in cool to warm temperatures with shade. When potting Calanthe plants, the pseudobulbs must be half buried into the potting media. Plants can be potted in 40% soil, 40% dry bark and 20% perlite or another humus rich soil mixture. Plants should be watered regularly.
Naming[]
Common Names: The Forest-Dwelling Calanthe
Synonyms[]
- Alismorchis centrosis (Thouars) Steud. 1840
- Alismorchis emarginata [Bl] Kuntze 1891
- Alismorchis masuca (D.Don) Kuntze 1891
- Alismorkis natalensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
- Alismorkis plantaginea (Thouars) Kuntze 1891
- Alismorkis purpurea (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 -
- Alismorkis textori (Miq.) Kuntze 1891
- Amblyglottis emarginata Blume 1825
- Bletia masuca D. Don 1825
- Bletia sylvatica (Thouars) Bojer 1837
- Calanthe albolongicalcarata S.S.Ying 1974
- Calanthe candida Bosser 1989
- Calanthe corymbosa Lindl. 1862
- Calanthe curtisii Rchb.f. 1884
- Calanthe delphinioides Kraenzl. 1893
- Calanthe emarginata [Bl] Lindl. 1833
- Calanthe furcata f. masuca (D.Don) M.Hiroe 1971
- Calanthe furcata f. textori (Miq.) M.Hiroe 1971
- Calanthe humbertii H.Perrier 1955
- Calanthe longicalcarata Hayata ex Yamam. 1930
- Calanthe masuca (D. Don) Lindl. 1833
- Calanthe mascua Thwaites 1884
- Calanthe masuca f. albiflora (Ida) K.Nakaj. 1971
- Calanthe masuca var. purpurea (Lindl.) Rao & S.R.Rathore 1984
- Calanthe natalensis (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1856
- Calanthe neglecta Schltr. 1915
- Calanthe okinawensis f. albiflora Ida 1969
- Calanthe purpurea Lindl. 1833
- Calanthe sanderiana Rolfe 1892
- Calanthe schliebenii Mansf. 1933
- Calanthe seikooensis Yamam. 1931
- Calanthe stolzii Schltr. 1915
- Calanthe sylvatica var. geerinckiana Stévart 2000
- Calanthe sylvatica var. natalensis Rchb.f. 1846
- Calanthe textori Miq. 1866
- Calanthe sylvatica var. pallidipetala Schltr 1924
- Calanthe sylvestris Lindl. ex Steud. 1840
- Calanthe textori f. albiflora (Ida) Hatus 1971
- Calanthe textori var. longicalcarata (Hayata ex Yamam.) Garay & H.R.Sweet 1974
- Calanthe versicolor Lindl. 1871
- Calanthe violacea Rolfe 1913
- Calanthe volkensii Rolfe 1897
- Calanthe wightii Rchb.f. 1864
- Centrosis corymbosa Thouars 1822
- *Centrosis sylvatica Thouars 1852
- Zoduba masuca (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. 1825