Pleione limprichtii Schltr. 1922 Photos by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Travis Olsen

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Common Name or Meaning Limpritch's Pleione [German Plant Collector central Asia early 1900's]

Flower Size 2 to 2.4" [5 to 6 cm]

Found in western Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan China in humus rich soils or on mossy rocks in forests at elevations of 2000 to 2500 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool growing terrestrial orchid that blooms in the spring and summer on a 4 to 4.2" [10 to 12 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Often cited as conspecific with P bulbocodiodes but differs in the smaller floewr, shorter column and the almost circular lip.

Synonyms Pleione bulbocodioides var. limprichtii (Schltr.) P.J.Cribb 1981

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 4 1998 photo

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