Gastrochilus fuscopunctatus (Hayata) Hayata 1917 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name The Yellow-Brown Dot Gastrochilus [refers to the spotting on the leaves of the plant]

Flower Size .37" [9 mm]

Found in Taiwan near Mt Arisan as a miniature sized, clump forming epiphyte with gray green, narrowly oblong leaves spotted in purple and kinky roots arising from the leaf axils and blooming on an axillary, short, few flowered inflorescence that can arise at any time. These plants require a tree fern mount, medium light, cold to warm temperatures and constant moisture.

Synonyms Gastrochilus fuscopunctatum (Hayata) Schltr. 1919; *Saccolabium fuscopunctatum Hayata 1912;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosana Hayata 1912 as Saccolabium fuscopunctatum