Rhynchostylis gigantea(Lindl.) Ridl.

WFO wfo-0000296583 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Rhynchostylis gigantea, photographed by Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile
fig. a Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-01-26 / obs. 111177198
Rhynchostylis gigantea, photographed by Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile
fig. b Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111177204
Rhynchostylis gigantea, photographed by Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile
fig. c Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111177209
Rhynchostylis gigantea, photographed by Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile
fig. d Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111177216
Rhynchostylis gigantea, photographed by Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile
fig. e Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111177219
Rhynchostylis gigantea, photographed by Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile
fig. f Wutthichayapartith Rasvara Nangkasamarinile, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111177231

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Rhynchostylis gigantea is native: Hainan, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam HainanBorneoCambodiaLaosMalayaMyanmarPhilippinesThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Rhynchostylis gigantea, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Cambodia CBD
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Hainan CHH ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 21 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anota densiflora (Lindl.) Schltr.
  • Anota gigantea (Lindl.) Fukuy.
  • Anota hainanensis (Rolfe) Schltr.
  • Anota harrisoniana (Hook.) Schltr.
  • Anota violacea (Lindl.) Schltr.
  • Gastrochilus giganteus (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Gastrochilus violaceus (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Rhynchostylis gigantea f. harrisoniana (Hook.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss
  • Rhynchostylis gigantea f. harrisoniana (Hook.) Roeth
  • Rhynchostylis violacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Saccolabium albolineatum Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Saccolabium giganteum Lindl.
  • Saccolabium giganteum var. illustre Rchb.f.
  • Saccolabium giganteum var. petotianum Rchb.f.
  • Saccolabium harrisonianum Hook.
  • Saccolabium violaceum Rchb.f.
  • Saccolabium violaceum (Lindl.) Sander
  • Saccolabium violaceum var. harrisonianum (Hook.) Sander
  • Vanda densiflora Lindl.
  • Vanda hainanensis Rolfe
  • Vanda violacea Lindl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.