Neofinetia was a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, that is now regarded as a synonym of Vanda . It contained three species and was distributed in China, Korea, and Japan. [1]
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Neofinetia was a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, that is now regarded as a synonym of Vanda . It contained three species and was distributed in China, Korea, and Japan. [1]
The type species of the former genus, it is known as 风兰 (feng lan) in China, where it is found in (N Fujian, S Gansu, SW Hubei, W Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang); 풍란 (pungnan) in Korea; and 風蘭 (fũran) in Japan, where it is found in (Honshu from the Kantō region westwards, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Ryukyu Islands.) [1]
Resembling N. falcata but with short nectar spurs, it is known as 短距风兰 (duan ju feng lan) in China, where it is found in (Chongqing).
Known as 西昌风兰 (xi chang feng lan) in China, it is found in (SW Sichuan). (There is some controversy on whether N. xichangnensis is a true species, or just a large form of N. richardsiana.[ citation needed ])
The type species was introduced to the West from Japan by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784, and placed in the genus Orchis . In 1925 H. H. Hu created Neofinetia as a monotypic genus. Neofinetia is named in honor of Achille Eugène Finet, a French botanist and author of Contributions a la Flore de L'Asie Orientale. The Greek prefix neo , (new) was added to distinguish it from another plant genus named earlier to honor Finet. [1]
In horticulture, Neofinetia was abbreviated as Neof. In the last part of the 20th century, it gained a great deal of attention in hybrid programs with other vandaceous orchids, thanks to its relative hardiness, scent, compact size, and above all, ease of culture.[ citation needed ] The names below are all obsolete, since Neofinetia is now synonymous with Vanda. For example, × Aeridofinetia is now × Aeridovanda.
In the botanical classification of plants, Aeridinae Pfitzer is a subtribe of the tribe Vandeae whose representatives all have a monopodial growth habit and do not possess pseudobulbs.
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Vanda falcata, also known as 风兰 in Chinese, 풍란 (pungnan) in Korean, 風蘭 (fūran) in Japanese, or the wind orchid in English, is a species of orchid found in China, Korea, and Japan. It was formerly classified in the genus Neofinetia.
Cephalanthera erecta, the erect cephalanthera, is a species of terrestrial orchid. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Bhutan, Assam and eastern Himalayas.
Vanda ampullacea is a perennial epiphytic orchid found in southeast Asia from Nepal to China and India, including the eastern Himalayas. It has had various classifications, initially called Aerides ampullacea by William Roxburgh when it was first described in 1814. It was most recently reclassified in 2012 during a taxonomic revision of Vanda. In 1868, one if its cultivars received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society.
Vanda richardsiana is a species of epiphytic orchid native to China South-Central. It differs in the spur length from Vanda falcata. Some authors dispute this species status and regard it as a subspecies of Vanda falcata. Dr. Martin Motes argues against effective isolating mechanisms of the length of the spur. Accorting to Motes, the variation of this characteristic easily falls within a species range of variation and further research might reduce it to a varietal status.
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