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| latin_name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
| latin_name = ''Thunia alba''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image = Thunia alba.jpg
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
| image_caption = Thunia alba
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
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Thunia alba, Reichb.f. (Phaius albus, Lindl.). Suberect, 2-3 ft., clothed with sheathing, oblong-lanceolate, striate lvs. 6 in. long: raceme drooping at the end of the st., 6-12-fld.: fls. white, 3-4 in. across when fully open; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; labellum shorter than the segms., not manifestly 3-lobed, lateral lobes convolute over the column, apex spreading, wavy and finely crisp; color of labellum white veined with purple in the throat, with 5-9 purple or yellow fringed keels; wings of the column entire. April-Aug. Burma and S. Himalaya region.—There are several varieties of this species. The throat of the labellum is often yellow.
Thunia alba, Reichb.f. (Phaius albus, Lindl.). Fig. 3804. Suberect, 2-3 ft., clothed with sheathing, oblong-lanceolate, striate lvs. 6 in. long: raceme drooping at the end of the st., 6-12-fld.: fls. white, 3-4 in. across when fully open; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; labellum shorter than the segms., not manifestly 3-lobed, lateral lobes convolute over the column, apex spreading, wavy and finely crisp; color of labellum white veined with purple in the throat, with 5-9 purple or yellow fringed keels; wings of the column entire. April-Aug. Burma and S. Himalaya region. B.M. 3991. B.R. 24:33. P.M. 5:125. F.C. 3:125. R.H. 1874:450. Gt. 47, p. 233. G. 31:475.—There are several varieties of this species. The throat of the labellum is often yellow.
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