Cheirostylis tabiyahanensis (Hayata) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb 1999

Inflorescence Photos by © Aku & Ryan and Orchid Website

Full shade Warm Spring

Common Name or Meaning The Tabiyaha? Cheirostylis - In China Dong Bu Cha Zhu Lan

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in southeastern Taiwan in broad leaved forests at elevations around 1000 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm growing terrestrial with an ascending stem carrying 5 to 6, cauline to clustered at the stem apex, elliptic-oblong, acute, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, sparsely pubescent, [6 to 7 cm] long, subdensely 3 to 8 flowered inflorescence with 2 to 3 sterile bracts and lanceolate, abaxially pubescent, acuminate floral bracts

Synonyms Hayata tabiyahanensis (Hayata) Aver. 2009; Macodes tabiyahanensis (Hayata) S.S.Ying 1977; *Zeuxine tabiyahanensis Hayata 1916

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide

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