Aphyllorchis caudata Rolfe ex C. Downie 1925

Inflorescence in situ Northern Thailand Photo courtesy of David Kuehn

Common Name The Tailed Aphyllorchis

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

Found in Thailand and southern China in thick decaying humus in dense forests at elevations around 1050 to 1750 meters as a medium to large sized, warm growing saphrophytic terrestrial orchid with no leaves which blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, several to many [to 25] flowered inflorescence.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smtinand 1959; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 genus only; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001

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