Anoectochilus sandvicensis Lindl. 1840 Photo by © G Daida and Orchidoideae Website Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of © Rick Ree and The Flora Of Pakistan Website

Common Name The Sandwich Island Anoectochilus [Sandwich - Name for the Hawaiian Islands in the 1800's]

Flower Size .5" [1.25 cm]

Found in Hawaii in constantly wet, deeply shaded locations as a small sized, warm growing terrestrial with soft delicate leaves and blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, terminal, successively several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 4 1995 photo fide;

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