Geodorum recurvum (Roxb.) Alston 1931

Inflorescence Photos by Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery

Plant in situ Thailand Photo courtesy of David Kuehn

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Common Name or Meaning The Bent Geodorum refers tothe bent inflorescence

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

This hot to warm growing terrestrial species is found in Northern Thailand and Vietnam in humid, mossy, mixed, coniferous forests, in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sealevel to 700 meters in shady, humid, habitats with rocky substrates and blooms in the late winter and spring on a erect then sharply arching, many [18] flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Limodorum recurvum Roxb. 1795

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002