Rhynchostylis coelestis

"Rhynchostylis coelestis Rchb.f. ex A.H.Kent is native to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. These orchids meet in various places of the mainland of Thailand, at an altitude of 350-1200 m above sea level

Rhynchostylis coelestis Rchb.f. ex A.H.Kent, Man. Orchid. Pl. [H.J. Veitch] Part 7: 53 (1891).

Rhynchostylis coelestis
Rhynchostylis coelestis
Rhynchostylis coelestis
Rhynchostylis coelestis
Rhynchostylis coelestis Rchb.f. ex A.H.Kent, Photo by Worranittha Koenig

its native range is Indo-China.

Latin Name: 

Rhynchostylis coelestis Rchb.f. ex A.H.Kent

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Saccolabium coeleste Rchb.f.

Vanda pseudocaerulescens Guillaumin

Vietnamese  name:

Lan Hải Yến, Ngọc Bích, Hải Âu, Cờ lao; Lan lưỡi bò.

English Name:

The Sky-Blue Rhynchostylis.

Thailand name:

Ueang khao kae.

Description: 

With a stem carrying several, strap-like, fleshy, alternate leaves that blooms on an axillary, erect to arcuate, densely many flowered, racemose inflorescence with waxy, fragrant citrus scented flowers occuring in the summer and fall.

Distribution:

Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam (Đà Lạt (Lâm Đồng)). 

Ecological:

In semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sealevel to 700 m as a small sized, cool to hot growing monopodial epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer and fall.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Temperature: Intermediate

Light Level: Medium

Plants are best grown hanged in baskets and on mounted and require moderate sun light and cool to warm temperatures. If hunged the roots must be watered frequently. Plants should be grown in media that is well drained such as tree fern fibers (for small plants), medium fir bark, or sphagnum moss.

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/655693-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:655693-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/rhyncoelestis.htm 

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Dendrobium_intricatum

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/04/rhynchostylis-coelestis-care-and-culture.html

https://www.orchidweb.com/orchids/vandaceous/species/rhynchostylis-coelestis-blue-form

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Rhynchostylis_coelestis

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