Anoectochilus sikkimensis King & Pantl. 1894

Flower closeup Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Sikkim Anoectochilus

Flower Size Up to 3/4" [to 1.85 cm]

A small warm to cold growing, terrestrial species with a creeping stem carrying 4 to 5, elliptic-ovate, acute, narrowed into a broad sheathing petiole, beatiful dark red, velvety leaves with gold veining, found in Vietnam and Sikkim in the Himalayas in broadleafed, evergreen, humid primary forests in soils dampened by mists and splash along steep watercourses at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters that blooms in the fall on an erect, 8" [20 cm] long, terminal, pubescent inflorescence with the axis a pale red color and carrying many flowers.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 2 1962 photo as Macodes sikkimense; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo ok for plant; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 6 1973 photo plant only; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 6 1978 photo; Miniature Orchids Northern 1988; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 1 1998 photo plant only; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 4 2005 photo;

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