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Papilionanthe hookeriana

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

(Reichenbach f.) Schlechter

Common Names

• Kinta Weed
• Bone Plant

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• China
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore
• Perak
• Teregganu - Malaysia
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Swampy & coastal areas.

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Long epiphytic aerial root climber with leaves 80mm x 3mm, 65mm across white, mauve & purple flowers, sepals white tinted violet, petals similar but with violet spots, lobed labellum violet with paler stripes, capsule 100mm long

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Huxley 1992
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew
• GBS