Chloraea gaudichaudii Brongn. 1829 SUBGENUS Euchloraea

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of German Roitman

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

Full sunColdLATESummer EARLYFall

Common Name Gaudichaud's Chloraea [French Plant Collector in SE Brazil]

Flower Size

Found as a terrestrial orchid in the Patagonia of Argentina, Southern Chile, and the Falkland Islands at elevations of 400 to 1500 meters as small to just medium sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an erect few flowered inflorescence. The photo is of a plant growing in situ in Argentina.

Synonyms Arethusa lutea Gaudich. 1825; Asarca fonkii (Phil.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca gaudichaudii (Brongn.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca gymnoglossa (Phil.) Kuntze 1891; Asarca inconspicua (Phil.) Kuntze 1891; Chloraea falklandica Kraenzl. 1910; Chloraea fonckii Phil. 1857-8; Chloraea gymnoglossa Phil. 1857-8; Chloraea inconspicua Phil. 1865; Epipactis lutea (Gaudich.) Steud. 1840

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

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