Habenaria fordii Rolfe 1896
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Common Name Ford's Habenaria - In Chian Xian Ban Yu Feng Hua
Flower Size 1.25" [3.2 cm]
Guangdong, Guangxi and southern Yunnan provinces of China in forests or along valleys in damp locations or on soil covered rocks at elevations of 600 to 2200 meters as a medium sized, hot to cold growing terrestrial with narrowly elliptic, fleshy tubers giving rise to an erect, stout stem with 4 to 5, basal, tufted, oblong-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, acute contracted and amplexicaule below into the base leaves and several, small bract-like leaves above that blooms in the summer on an erect, 3.2" to 6.4" [8 to 16 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate floral bracts.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list ; IPNI ; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok
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