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Phaius tankervilleae variety bernzysii
Phaius tankervilleae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume var. bernaysii (F. Muell. ex Rchb.f.) J. Stone & P.J. Cribb
Type: Veitch cult. s.n. (Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay, Stradbroke Island) (holo. W, iso. MEL)
Synonyms:
- Phaius bernaysii F. Muell. ex Rchb. f., Gard. Chron. 30 (1873) 361
- Type: Veitch cult. s.n. (Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay, Stradbroke Island) (holo. W, iso. MEL) - Phaius blumei var. bernaysii (F. Muell. ex Rchb.f.) Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 99 (1873). t. 6032
- Phaius grandifolius var. bernaysii (F. Muell. ex Rchb.f.) F.M. Bailey, Syn. Queensl. Fl. (1883) 515
- Phaius grandifolius forma idae F.M. Bailey, Queensl. Fl. 5 (1902) 1544.
- Type: Grimley cult. s.n. (Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay, Stradbroke Island) (holo. BRI) - Phaius bernaysii forma idae (F.M. Bailey) T.E. Hunt, Census S. Queensl. Orchids (1947) 12
- Phaius grandifolius forma soutteri F.M . Bailey, Queensl. Fl. 5 (1902): 1544.
- Type: Soutter s.n. (Queensland, Moreton Bay Islands) (holo. BRI) - Phaius bernaysii forma soutteri (F.M. Bailey) T.E. Hunt, Census S. Queensl. Orchids (1947) 12
- Phaius australis var. bernaysii (F. Muell. ex Rchb.f.) Nicholls, Vict. Naturalist 67 (1951) 13
Terrestrial herb. Stem a pseudobulb. Leaves 45- 60 cm long. Inflorescence to 90 cm long, many-flowered. Flowers dense together, 10 cm diam. Sepals and petals lanceolate; apex acuminate. Lip about as long as the petals; hypochile lateral lobes rounded, very short; epichile about orbicular, shortly apiculate, with slightly recurved, undulate margin; spur 1.25 cm long, conical, curved. Column triandrous, on front and back pubescent, with small stigma and pointed column wings.
(After Stone & Cribb, 2017)
Lip hypochile sulphur yellow; epichile yellow, usually with white margin
Terrestrial in swamp vegetation on grey to black sand and peat. Altitude: sea level to 25 m.
New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) and possibly elsewhere in the range of the species. See map
Not indicated by Stone & Cribb (2017)
Warm growing terrestrial, requires shaded position.
September to November
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Collabieae
- Subtribe Not used
- Genus Phaius
- Section Phaius
- Species Phaius tankervilleae
- Variety bernaysii
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Phaius tankervilleae variety bernzysii
Phaius tankervilleae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume var. bernaysii (F. Muell. ex Rchb.f.) J. Stone & P.J. Cribb, watercolour W.H. Fitch, Curtis’s Bot. Mag.. ser. 3, 29 (1873) t. 6032
Phaius tankervilleae variety bernzysii
Phaius tankervilleae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume var. bernaysii (F. Muell. ex Rchb.f.) J. Stone & P.J. Cribb, flower, front view. photo Mark Clements, from Australia