× Holcosia taiwaniana

× Holcosia taiwaniana is a natural hybrid of the orchid species Holcoglossum quasipinifolium and Luisia teres. It is an epiphyte endemic to Taiwan.^[1]

× Holcosia taiwaniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Aeridinae
Hybrid:	Luisia teres × Holcoglossum quasipinifolium
distribution of × Holcosia taiwaniana
Synonyms[1]
Papilionanthe taiwaniana (S.S.Ying) Ormerod (2002) × Papilisia taiwaniana (S.S.Ying) J.M.H.Shaw (2004) Vanda taiwaniana S.S.Ying (1989)

Description

The occasionally branched, pendulous, terete stems are 30 to 60 cm in length and 4 to 4.5 mm wide. The terete, 14 to 21 cm long and 2 to 3.5 mm wide leaves are not strictly distichously arranged, but rather laxly alternate. Two 4–5 cm wide, yellowish flowers are produced on 2 to 3 cm long inflorescences. The labellum bears brown-red longitudinal stripes.^[2]