''Acanthophippium mantinianum'' or Mantin's acanthophippium,
[Orchidiana Philippiniana Vol1 Valmayor 1984] is a species of the family
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family (biology), family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan plants that ...
. It is currently the only endemic ''
Acanthophippium
''Acanthophippium'' is a genus of orchid with thirteen species (family Orchidaceae). The name of this genus is derived from the Greek words ''acanthos'' ("spiny") and ''ephippion'' ("saddle"), referring to the saddle-like labellum of the plants ...
'' species known in the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
[The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 p.20.] and one of the two species along with ''
Acanthophippium pictum''. It was named in honor of M. Georges Mantin, an orchid horticulturalist and hybridizer from Olivet, France.
It is an erect and sympodial species with 15 cm long tapering pseudobulbs and large, thin leaves, which can be up to 60 cm long and 15 cm wide. The plant is endemic to the islands of Luzon,
Leyte, Mindoro, Negros and Panay in the Philippines where it is found at elevations from 500 to 1500 meters.
Gallery
File:Acanthephippium mantinianum01.jpg, whole plant
File:Acanthephippium mantinianum02.jpg, inflorescence
File:Acanthephippium mantinianum03.jpg, flower close-up
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mantinianum
Epiphytic orchids
Endemic orchids of the Philippines
Taxa named by Alfred Cogniaux
Taxa named by Jean Jules Linden
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