Michelia alba

Michelia alba

Common names: White champak, Pak-lan, White orchid tree 白蘭

General description

Leaf

Size 15 to 25 x 5 to 10 cm

Leaf stalk 2.5 cm long

Leaves are alternate, simple, and elliptical.

Veins are regular and prominent below, surfaces are smooth and hairless, the upper surface is shiny.

　

Fruit

It is a short spike of rather woody carpals, but M.alba does not set seed in Hong Kong.

Flower

Flowering period: Spring, early Summer

Flower size 3 cm long or more

Colour White

Sex bisexual

Flowers are fragrant, regular.
All floral parts are arranged spirally; perianth of 8 to 15 narrow, white petal-like segments, stamens numerous, much shorter than the petals, ovary superior, of a number of separate carpel’s, each containing two or more ovules, and each with its own style.

Trunk

Addtional information

Height 9 m

pH value of soil 7

Remarks An evergreen with smooth grey bark

Size	15 to 25 x 5 to 10 cm
Leaf stalk	2.5 cm long
Leaves are alternate, simple, and elliptical. Veins are regular and prominent below, surfaces are smooth and hairless, the upper surface is shiny.

Flowering period:	Spring, early Summer
Flower size	3 cm long or more
Colour	White
Sex	bisexual
Flowers are fragrant, regular. All floral parts are arranged spirally; perianth of 8 to 15 narrow, white petal-like segments, stamens numerous, much shorter than the petals, ovary superior, of a number of separate carpel’s, each containing two or more ovules, and each with its own style.

Height	9 m
pH value of soil	7
Remarks	An evergreen with smooth grey bark