The Orchid paradise of Sri Lanka

Geodorum    (1 sp)

Bot. Name   :      Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.)  Schltr. 1919

Sinhala Name   : 

Synonyms    :

  • Arethusa glutinosa Blanco 1837;
  • Cistella cernua (Willd.) Blume 1825 ;
  • Cymbidium pictum R. Br. 1810;
  • Dendrobium haenkeanum Steud. 1840;
  • Dendrobium nutans C.Presl. 1831;
  • Geodorum dilatatum R.Br. 1813;
  • Geodorum formosanum Rolfe ex Hemsl. 1895;
  • Geodorum fucatum Lindl 1834;
  • Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl. 1929;
  • Geodorum nutans Ames 1908;
  • Geodorum pacificum Rolfe 1908;
  • Geodorum pictum (R. Br.) Lindl. 1833;
  • Geodorum purpureum Sensu Ridl. 1907;
  • Geodorum rariflorum Lindl. 1855;
  • Geodorum semicristatum Lindl. 1855;
  • Geodorum tricarinatum Schltr. 1911;
  • *Limodorum densiflorum Lam. 1783;
  • Malaxis cernua Willd. 1805;
  • Ortmannia cernua (Willd.) Opiz 1834;
  • Otandra cernua (Willd.) Salisb. 1812;
  • Tropidia grandis Hance 1873

 

Found me    :  Kulunu kanda in Anuragoda - pepiliyawala (Gampaha Dist.)

 

      Non blooming plant in my collection

Flower          :  April - May -June

 

Distribution : 

Chinease Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands,Myanamar, Thailand,

Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Malaysia,Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas,Sulawesi,

Philippines, Bismark Islands, New Guinea,Solomon Islands, Queensland Australia,Western Australia,

Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia,Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Caroline Islands,Marianas Islands and Taiwan 

 

More ref      :     An Annotated Checklist of the Orchids of Sri Lanka

  (  S. Suranjan Fernando and P. Ormerod, Post Graduate Institute of Science,  University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.)

    A Hand Book  To The Flora of Ceylon  ( Vol. 2 ) D. M. A. Jayaweera. In Dassnayake and Fosberg

 

 https://www.orchidspecies.com/geoddensiflorum.htm

 

https://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~flower_world/Orchids/Cymbidium%20lancifolium.htm

 

https://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Nodding%20Swamp%20Orchid.html