Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Phaius Lour. [583]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Orchidaceae

family_ja: ラン

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distribution_en: Indomal. to Japan, trop.Aus.

description_en: Genus of about 30 species of deciduous to evergreen, terrestrial and epiphytic orchids from lowland and montane forests in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Indonesia, N. Australia, and the Pacific islands. They have spherical to ovoid, sometimes stem-like pseudobulbs, each with 3-10 large, folded, lance-shaped to elliptic, mid-green leaves, arranged alternately. Colourful, often spectacular flowers, with entire or lobed lips and spreading petals, are produced in tall, upright, axillary, many-flowered racemes from near the bases of the plants.

hardiness_en: Frost tender.

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propagation_en: Divide when the plants "overflow" their containers (take care when dividing to avoid damaging the clustered pseudobulbs).

pests_en: Scale insects, red spider mites, aphids, and mealybugs may be troublesome.

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comment_ja: ガンゼキラン，カクチョウラン

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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