Orchidaceae
Forest calanthe
Calanthe sylvatica
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Calanthe
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- كالانثي سيلفاتيكا
- Azerbaijani
- Amblyglottis emarginata, Zoduba masuca
- Chinese
- 林生虾脊兰, 長距根節蘭, 白花長距蝦脊蘭, 长距根节兰, 长距虾脊兰
- English
- Forest calanthe
- Vietnamese
- Kiều hoa rừng
Synonyms
- Alismorchis emarginata Kuntze
- Alismorchis masuca Kuntze
- Alismorchis natalensis Kuntze
- Alismorchis pleiochroma Kuntze
- Alismorchis purpurea Kuntze
- Alismorchis textorii Kuntze
- Alismorkis centrosis (Thouars) Steud.
- Alismorkis natalensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
- Alismorkis plantaginea (Thouars) Kuntze
- Alismorkis sylvalismis Thouars
- Bletia sylvatica (Thouars) Bojer
- Calanthe corymbosa (Thouars) Lindl.
- Calanthe delphinioides Kraenzl.
- Calanthe humbertii H.Perrier
- Calanthe natalensis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
- Calanthe neglecta Schltr.
- Calanthe sanderiana B.S.Williams
- Calanthe sanderiana Rolfe
- Calanthe schliebenii Mansf.
- Calanthe stolzii Schltr.
- Calanthe sylvatica var. geerinckiana Stévart
- Calanthe sylvatica var. natalensis Rchb.f.
- Calanthe sylvatica var. pallidipetala Schltr.
- Calanthe sylvestris Lindl. ex Steud.
- Calanthe volkensii Rolfe
- Centrosia aubertii A.Rich.
- Centrosis corymbosa Thouars
- Centrosis plantaginea Thouars
- Centrosis sylvatica Thouars
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April, August, October, December (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricardo Lima, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Thomas Pleyber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: christophe Rouart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Roland Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Yann Pecrix, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: bukoba_steve, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.