Chelonistele Pfitzer, in A. Engler, Pflanzenr. Heft 32 (1907) 136

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Arethuseae

Subtribe: Coelogyninae

Synonyms: Sigmatochilus Rolfe

A genus of 14 species; 14 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines

Vogel, E.F. de. 1986. Revisions in Coelogyninae II, genera Bracisepalum, Chelonistele, Entomophobia, Geesinkorchis and Nabaluia. Orchid Monogr. 1: 17 - 53.

 

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Chelonistele sulphurea (Blume) Pfitzer, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from the Philippines Chelonistele unguiculata Carr, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Chelonistele unguiculata Carr, in situ, Borneo, Sarawak
 
Chelonistele richardsii Carr, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Chelonistele amplissima (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Carr, drawing by J.J. Smith  

last updated: 9 February 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera