Orchidaceae
Christmas orchid
Calanthe triplicata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Calanthe
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 三褶虾脊兰, 白鶴蘭, 白鹤兰, 石上蕉, 肉连环, 白花虾脊兰
- English
- Christmas orchid, Thrice folded calanthe, White crane orchid
- Japanese
- ツルラン, カラン
- Russian
- Каланта трёхскладчатая
- Vietnamese
- Kiều hoa xếp ba
Synonyms
- Alismorchis angraeciflora Kuntze
- Alismorchis diploxiphion Kuntze
- Alismorchis furcata Kuntze
- Alismorchis gracillima Kuntze
- Alismorkis angraeciflora (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
- Alismorkis diploxiphion (Hook.f.) Kuntze
- Alismorkis furcata (Bateman ex Lindl.) Kuntze
- Alismorkis gracillima (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Alismorkis veratrifolia Kuntze
- Amblyglottis veratrifolia Blume
- Bletia quadrifida Hook.f.
- Calanthe anchorifera Rchb.f.
- Calanthe angraeciflora Rchb.f.
- Calanthe anthropophora Ridl.
- Calanthe australasica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
- Calanthe bracteosa Rchb.f.
- Calanthe brevicolumna Hayata
- Calanthe breviflos Ridl.
- Calanthe catilligera Rchb.f.
- Calanthe colorans Rchb.f.
- Calanthe diploxiphion Hook.f.
- Calanthe furcata Bateman ex Lindl.
- Calanthe furcata f. albolineata K.Nakaj.
- Calanthe furcata f. albomarginata K.Nakaj.
- Calanthe furcata f. brevicolumna (Hayata) M.Hiroe
- Calanthe gracillima Lindl.
- Calanthe matsumurana Schltr.
- Calanthe muelleri Kraenzl.
- Calanthe orthocentron Schltr.
- Calanthe petri Rchb.f.
- Calanthe proboscidea Rchb.f.
- Calanthe pubescens Ridl.
- Calanthe rubicallosa Masam.
- Calanthe triantherifera Nadeaud
- Calanthe triplicata f. albolineata (K.Nakaj.) Hatus.
- Calanthe triplicata f. albomarginata (K.Nakaj.) K.Nakaj.
- Calanthe triplicata f. purpureoflora S.S.Ying
- Calanthe triplicata var. angraeciflora (Rchb.f.) N.Hallé
- Calanthe triplicata var. gracillima (Lindl.) N.Hallé
- Calanthe triplicata var. minahassae Schltr.
and 13 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, July to August (from 337 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bushmanjim, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Patricia Lilas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: R. Knapp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: tagiot epir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Coordination Endemia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Innes, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.