Geodorum densiflorum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Geodorum densiflorum']

• English: Pink nodding orchid
• മലയാളം: ഊരംപുളിക്കിഴങ്ങ
• 中文: 垂頭地寶蘭, 地宝兰
• 中文（中国大陆）: 地宝兰
• 中文（简体）: 地宝兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 垂頭地寶蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Eulophiinae • Genus: Geodorum • Species: Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr. (1919)

Synonyms

Basionym Limodorum densiflorum Lam., Encycl. 3: 516 (1792) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum tuberosum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 59 (1786), nom. illeg. Limodorum nutans Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 33 (1795) Cymbidium nutans (Roxb.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 77 (1799) Malaxis cernua Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 93 (1805) Malaxis nutans (Roxb.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 93 (1805) Cymbidium pictum R.Br, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 331 (1810) Otandra cernua (Willd.) Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 298 (1812) Geodorum purpureum R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 207 (1813), nom. superfl. Cistella cernua (Willd.) Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 293 (1825) Geodorum pallidum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 31 (1825) Dendrobium nutans C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1(2): 102 (1827) Limodorum candidum Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 470 (1832) Geodorum pictum (R.Br. Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 175 (1833) Geodorum fucatum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1687 (1834) Ortmannia cernua (Willd.) Opiz, Flora 17: 592 (1834) Arethusa glutinosa Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 641 (1837) Dendrobium haenkeanum Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 490 (1840) Geodorum appendiculatum Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 357 (1845) Geodorum candidum (Roxb.) Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 6: 8 (1855) Geodorum rariflorum Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 6: 2 (1855) Geodorum semicristatum Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 6: 2 (1855) Tropidia grandis Hance, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 128 (1873) Geodorum formosanum Rolfe ex Hemsl., Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9: 157 (1895) Geodorum nutans (C.Presl) Ames, Orchidaceae 2: 154 (1908) Geodorum pacificum Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 71 (1908) Geodorum tricarinatum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 101 (1911) Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 82 (1929) Geodorum densiflorum var. kalimpongense R.Yonzone, Lama & Bhujel, McAllen Int. Orchid Soc. J. 13(6): 7 (2012)

Images of the whole plant

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Inflorescences

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Flowers

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Leaves

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Infructescences

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Botanical illustrations

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  Geodorum densiflorum
  vol. 1 plate 40 in:
  William Roxburgh:
  Plants of the coast of Coromandel
  (1795)

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  (as syn.
  Geodorum fucatum)
  plate 1687 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 20,
  (1835)
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  Illustration in:
  Francisco Manuel Blanco:
  Flora de Filipinas
  (1880-1883)

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  Geodorum densiflorum
  (as syn.
  Geodorum purpureum)
  figure 163 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 2. Heft
  Leiden (1909)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan. Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Andaman Isle, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Isle, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Isle, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Isle. Australasia Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Pacific Northwestern Pacific Caroline Isle, Marianas. Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu.

Selected Weblinks

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