Calanthe × veitchii

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Calanthe ×veitchii']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Calanthe ×veitchii'

Unplaced name, according to Kew Garden's "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families" (see here)

The species is illustrated by Walter Hood Fitch and described by William Jackson Hooker in "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" vol. 89 (Ser. 3 no. 19) (1863) ( illustration and descriptionon lower on this page).

From Hooker's description:

" CALANTHE VEITCHII: hybrida.

Mr. Veitch's Calanthe. Garden hybrid.

A hybrid between CALANTHE VESTITA (Bot. Mag. t. 4671) and LIMATODES ROSEA (Bot. Mag. t. 5312). "

(Limatodes rosea is a synonym of Calanthe rosea)

Botanical illustrations

• 
  Calanthe × veitchii
  plate 5375 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 89,
  (1863)
• 
  Calanthe × veitchii
  plate 106 in:
  James Bateman:
  A Second Century of
  Orchidaceous Plants
  London (1867)
• 
  Calanthe × veitchii
  Plate 31 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
• 
  First page of W. J. Hooker's description following this plate

External links

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Calanthe × veitchii