Chloraea alpina Poepp. 1833 Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

Plant in Flower Photos courtesy of Joe Dougherty

Plant in situ Chile Photos by © Photo by M Belov courtesy of The Flora of Chile Webste

Common Name The Alpine Chloraea

Flower Size 3"

Found in Argentina [Patagonia] and Chile at elevations of 50 to 2100 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a fan of linear, acute, conduplicate leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Asarca alpina (Poepp.) Kuntze 1891; Chloraea cholilensis Kraenzl. 1902; Chloraea ferruginea Kraenzl. 1904; Chloraea hookeriana Kraenzl. 1904; Chloraea perez-moreaui Garay 1954; Chloraea xerophila Kraenzl. 1910

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as C chololensis; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as C hookeriana; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as C ferruginea; 100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 photo ;

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