Anoectochilus brevilabris Lindl. 1840

Plant and leaves Photo courtesy of Allen Black

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Common Name The Short-Lipped Anoectochilus

Flower Size 1/2" [1.2 cm]

Found in the eastern Himalayas and Assam India at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with a loose rosette of subcordate to broadly elliptic, acute, velvety, maroon to garnet base reticulated in gold to copper leaves that are matt-red green on the underside and blooms in the summer through mid fall on a [18cm] long, terminal, pubescent inflorescence with several to many flowers.

Synonyms Anoectochilus brevilabris var. gigantea Pradhan 1976; Anoectochilus griffithii Hook.f. 1890; Dossinia marmarata Lindl. 1857

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Plantarum Vol 22 Hooker 1893 as Anoectochilus griffithii drawing hmm; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 Indian Orchids; Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 photo not = L discolor; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as A griffithii; Orchids of Vietnam, Illustrated survey, part 1 Averyanov 2008?

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