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Orchid Species: Habenaria cylindrocalyx

Kew currently accepted name is Peristylus constrictus

Habenaria cylindrocalyx is an orchid species identified by Gagnep. in 1931. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Peristylus constrictus.
Genus
Habenaria (Hab.)
Grex
cylindrocalyx
Parents
Species
Author
Gagnep.
Year
1931
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ORIGIN: Found in the western Himalayas, Chinese Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines on shrubby slopes at elevations of 450 to 1200 [1500 to 2800 China] meters.

DESCRIPTION: Medium to large sized, sized, warm to cool [cool to cold - China] growing terrestrial with a cylindrical, pubescent tuber giving rise to an erect, stem bracteate above and carrying on the lower half ovate-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, acute, shortly petiolate and channeled, reticulate leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a terminal, cylindric, glabrous, 3.6 to 14 [9 to 35 cm] long, subdensely many flowered inflorescence with erect, lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts and carrying sweetly scented flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.6 inches [1.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Peristylus Peri constrictus 1835 (Lindl.) Lindl.
Add+ Herminium H constrictum 1832 Lindl.
Add+ Habenaria Hab constricta 1890 (Lindl.) Hook.f.
Add+ Orchis Orchis leucantha 1890 Ham. ex Hook.f.
Add+ Platanthera P constricta 1832 Lindl. ex Wall.
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