Gastrodia flavilabella S.S.Ying 1984

Plant in situ Taiwan photos by © China Orchid Society Webpage

Common Name The Pretty Yellow Gastrodia - In China Xia Tian Ma

Flower Size 1/4" [8 mm]

Found in central Taiwan in open humid forests at elevations around 1100 to 1300 meters as a medium to large sized, warm growing, mycoheterotrophic terrestrial with a stout rhizome giving rise in the summer to an erect, yellowish brown, dull purplish brown above, to 28" [70 cm] long, rachis 2.8 to 10" [7 to 25 cm] long, laxly 7 to 20 flowered inflorescence with caducous, ovate-lanceolate, acute apically floral bracts

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

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