Pinalia xanthocheila
Species of orchid
| Pinalia xanthocheila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Pinalia |
| Species: | P. xanthocheila |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinalia xanthocheila (Ridl.) W.Suarez & Cootes | |
| Synonyms[citation needed] | |
| Eria xanthocheila Ridl. | |
Pinalia xanthocheila is a species in the plant family Orchidaceae.
This species of Orchidaeceae is natively ranged to W. Malesia, Indo-China. It propagates primarily in wet tropical biome, as a lithophyte or pseudobulbous epiphyte.
Description
The plant is erect, sympodial, and with a creeping rhizome as thick as the pseudobulbs which are 30 cm long by 1 cm diameter.[1] This species of Pinalia has about four leaves that are of 15 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Each pseudobulb would have three inflorescences that are arching, which bear up to 40 flowers 1.5 cm in diameter.
Taxonomy
Henry Nicholas Ridley named this species in 1907 in the Material for a Flora of the Malay archipelago, under the genus Eria. This orchid species has been moved to Pinalia,[2] but the taxonomy is under review.[3]
The species name xanthocheila refers to the bright yellow labellum.
Distribution and habitat
Pinalia xanthocheila is found in the lowlands of Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java, and was recorded in the Philippines in a yet undisclosed location.[citation needed] It grows as an epiphyte at elevations up to 1,200 meters.[1]
