× Papilisia taiwaniana

× Papilisia taiwaniana is an artificial hybrid of the orchid species Papilionanthe teres and Luisia megasepala.[3] It arose after the introduction of Papilionanthe teres to Taiwan, where it interbred with the Taiwanese endemic Luisia megasepala. It was formerly included in Papilionanthe.

× Papilisia taiwaniana
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Hybrid: Luisia megasepala × Papilionanthe teres
distribution of × Papilisia taiwaniana
distribution of × Papilisia taiwaniana
Synonyms
  • Papilionanthe taiwaniana (S.S.Ying) Ormerod[1]
  • Vanda taiwaniana S.S.Ying[2]

Description

The occasionally branched, pendulous, terete stems are 30 to 60 cm in length and 4 to 4.5 mm wide. The terete, 14 to 21 cm long and 2 to 3.5 mm wide leaves are not strictly distichously arranged, but rather laxly alternate. Two 4–5 cm wide, yellowish flowers are produced on 2 to 3 cm long inflorescences. The labellum bears brown-red longitudinal stripes.[4]

References
  1. Taiwania 47: 242 (2002)
  2. Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 65 (1989)
  3. Orchid Rev. 112(1257, Suppl.): 47 (2004)
  4. "Flora of China v 25 pp. 477–478, 凤蝶兰属 feng die lan shu, Papilionanthe Schlechter, Orchis. 9: 78. 1915."
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