Stereochilus brevirachis Christenson 1998
Plant and Flower Photo by © M. Kuzma.
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Common Name The Short Rhachis Stereochilus - In China Duan Zhou Jian Chun Lan
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Yunnan province of China and south Vietnam as a miniature sized epiphyte with 4 to 6 arcuate, linear, dorsally carinate, obliquely minutely bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the late spring on a laxly pendulous, somewhat zigzag, dark green, mottled purple, to 1.8" [4.5 cm] long, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, much shoerter than the ovary, acute floral bracts.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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