Cheirostylis calcarata X.H.Jin & S.C.Chen 2007
Photo by Jin Xiaohua
Drawing by © Sun Yingbao and The eFlora of China Website
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Common Name The Limestone Loving Cheirostylis in China Duan ju cha zhu lan
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in southern Yunnan province of China in forests on limestone at elevations around 1200 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with an almost vertical, fleshy rhizome becoming a short stem carrying 4 to 5, withered at blooming, lanceolate, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on a terminal erect, peduncle 5.2" [13 cm] long, provided with 2 to 3 sterile bracts, pubescent, to 5.6" [14 cm] long, 1 to 5 flowered inflorescence with ovate to lanceoalte, glabrous, shorter to a bit longer than the ovary floral bracts.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Orchidaceae Zhengyi, Raven & Duyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Orchidaceae Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Duyuan 2010 darwing fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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