Anoectochilus imitans Schltr.1906

Plant and Flowers in situ South Island New Caledonia Photos by © Edouard Faria

Common Name The Imitative Anoectochilus

Flower Size

Found in New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa at medium elevations as a miniature to small sized, warm growing terrestrial with low lying, elliptic, acute, irregularily silver to pink veined leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Anoectochilus vitiensis Rolfe 1909

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe Neo-Caledonienne D'Orchidophile 1995 photo fide;

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