Anoectochilus siamensis Schltr.1906 Photo courtesy of David Kuehn

Common Name or Meaning The Siamese Anoectochilus

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Thailand at elevations of 1300 to 1650 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial species with 3 basal, reticulate silver veining, ovate, obtuse, abruptly narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaves that was blooming ensitu in the fall on an erect, to 4.8" [12 cm] long, 3 to several flowered inflorescence

Sometimes given as a synonym of A albolineatus but A albolineatus has 8 to 9 filaments, some shorter than the lateral sepals. This one has 5 filaments as long as the lateral sepals on each side of the lip.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VI Seidenfaden 1978 drawing ok;

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