Plate 9529 - Anoectochilus roxburghii

Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 9529 Anoectochilus roxburghii Family: Orchidaceae • Native Region: China • Publication Date: January 1st, 1934 Distribution: -Himalayas, Assam, French Indo-China, • Tab Author: V. S. SUMMERHAYES Botanical Description Plants are examined. When in flower A. Roxburghii may be distinguished easily from all other species. Most of these have the spur of the lip more or less parallel to the ovary, and the lamina conse- quently either pendulous or sloping downwards. In A. Roxburghii, on the other hand, the spur diverges from the ovary at an angle of at least 90 degrees and the lip is tilted upwards to give the flower a very characteristic appearance. Else- where this feature occurs only in A. brevilabris Lindl., but that species has different foliage and the lip is furnished with a much shorter claw which bears merely a few short blunt teeth on each side instead of the long cilia which are so striking a feature of A. Roxburghii. size. Our species was first discovered over a hundred years ago. Synonyms A. Lobbianus Planchon in Fl. des Serres A. sp. Hance in Journ. Bot. XX. 39 (1882). A. setaceus Schlechter About This Print Original black and white uncolored botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (established 1787). This 9000s series print is from unissued publisher stock, never hand-colored, representing the authentic plate as it appeared in the magazine. Edited by Sir Arthur William Hill for The Royal Horticultural Society, London.