Amitostigma alpestre Fukuy. 1935 Photo by © J.J.Merry and Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Flower and Plant in situ Taiwan Photo by © Judymonkey and Flickr Orchid Photo Website

EARLY

Common Name or Meaning The Mountain Loving Amitostigma - In China Tai Wan Wu Zhu Lan

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Found in north and central Taiwan in alpine grasslands and rocky patches at elevations of 2500 to 3800 meters as a mini-miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with ovoid to subglobose tubers giving rise to a stem with 2, basal, tubular sheaths and carrying 1 to 2, cauline, erect to porrect, usually widely spaced, oblanceolate to linear, acute leaf that blooms in the early summer on an erect, 1.6" [4 cm] long, 2 to 4 flowered, ebracteate inflorescence with a green or purple, lanceolate, slightly shorter than the ovary, acuminate floral bract

Synonyms Orchis alpestris (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying 1975

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide

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