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Christmas orchids
Calanthe
Calanthe, commonly known as Christmas orchids, is a genus of about 220 species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen or deciduous terrestrial plants with thick roots, small oval pseudobulbs, large corrugated leaves and upright, sometimes arching flowering stems. The sepals and petals are narrow and a similar size to each other and the labellum usually has spreading lobes.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Calanthe
subgenusCalanthe
Phaius
subgenusPhaius
Cephalantheropsis
subgenusCephalantheropsis
Preptanthe
subgenusPreptanthe
Alpinocalanthe
sectionAlpinocalanthe
Calanthe africana
speciesCalanthe africana
Calanthe francoisii
speciesCalanthe francoisii
Calanthe humblotii
speciesCalanthe humblotii
Calanthe decora
speciesCalanthe decora
Calanthe lutea
speciesCalanthe lutea
Calanthe stenocentron
speciesCalanthe stenocentron
Calanthe pauciflora
speciesCalanthe pauciflora
Calanthe corymbioides
speciesCalanthe corymbioides
Calanthe lacerata
speciesCalanthe lacerata
Calanthe tuberculosa
speciesCalanthe tuberculosa
Calanthe villosagastris
speciesCalanthe villosagastris
Calanthe velutina
speciesCalanthe velutina
Calanthe daenikeri
speciesCalanthe daenikeri
Calanthe steinhardtiana
speciesCalanthe steinhardtiana
Calanthe floresana
speciesCalanthe floresana
Calanthe tonkinensis
speciesCalanthe tonkinensis
Calanthe albolutea
speciesCalanthe albolutea
Calanthe × sibuyanense
hybridCalanthe × sibuyanense
Calanthe fugongensis
speciesCalanthe fugongensis
Calanthe peyrotii
speciesCalanthe peyrotii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83467.