Corybas taliensis Tang & F.T.Wang 1951

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Common Name The Ta Li Corybas [An area of Sichuan China] in China Da Li Kai Lan

Flower Size .6" [1.4 cm]

Found in western Sichuan and western Yunnan states of China in forests on rock outcrops or along valleys on mossy rocks at elevations of 1500 to 2600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte with a subglobose to ovoid tuber giiving rise to an erect , pilose, subterranean stem with a single short cataphyl at the base and a solitary, near the apex of the stem, sessile, cordate, reticulate veination, acute apically leaf that blooms in the later summer on a short, single flowered inflorescence with a lanceolate floral bract

Synonyms Calcearia taliensis (Tang & F.T.Wang) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Illustrations Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide;

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