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Acriopsisliliifolia[Koenig]Ormerod1995
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CommonNameorMeaningTheLilyLikeLeafAcriopsisInThailandRuhini
FlowerSize1/2"[1.25cm]
Moderateshadeandhumidityaswellashottowarmconditionsarerequiredwithadryperiodwhennot
growingandthenamplewaterwhileingrowthtohavethisepiphyticorchidbloominthespringand
summeronabasal,22"[25cm]long,erect,paniculateinflorescencewithmany[to200]flowersarising
basallywithbasalsheathswhereitisfoundinThailand,Indochina,Malaysia,Indonesia,Borneo,
Sulawesi,NewGuinea,theSolomonIslands,NorthernAustraliaandthePhilippinesfromsealevelto
under1600metersinaltitudeinlowlandswampsandmontaneforestsaswellassemideciduousand
deciduousdrylowlandforestsatelevationsofsealevelto700meters.Thissmalltomediumsizedepiphyte
hassmall,clustered,ovoid,5to7nodedpseudobulbsandcarries3to4apical,coriaceous,linear,obtuse
leavesandhasasymbioticrelationshipwithants.
InJavatreatmentsforfeversassociatedwithMalariahavebeentreatedbyboilingtheplantandmaking
abrothwhichistakenbymouth.
SynonymsAcriopsisannamicaFinet1911AcriopsiscrispaGriff.AcriopsisfloribundaAmes1920
AcriopsisgriffithiiRchb.f.1854AcriopsisharaeTuyama1964AcriopsisinsularisilvaticaFukuy.1938
!AcriopsisjavanicaReinw.exBlume1823Acriopsisjavanicavar.auriculataMinderh.&deVogel1986
Acriopsisjavanicavar.floribunda(Ames)Minderh.&deVogel1986Acriopsisjavanicavar.nelsoniana
(F.M.Bailey)J.J.Sm.1929Acriopsisliliifoliavar.auriculata(Minderh.&deVogel)J.J.Wood2001
AcriopsisnelsonianaF.M.Bailey1883AcriopsispapuanaKraenzl.exK.Schum.&Lauterb.1905
AcriopsisphilippinensisAmes1908AcriopsispictaLindl.1843AcriopsissumatranaSchltr.1900
*EpidendrumliliifoliumKoenig1791SpathoglottistrivalvisLindl.1828
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