Cheirostylis cochinchinensis Blume 1859
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Common Name The Cochin-Chinese Cheirostylis - In China Zhi Wei Cha Zhu Lan
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Thailand?, Vietnam, and southern Taiwan in wet broad-leaved and coniferous mossy forests on rocky limestone at elevations of 700 to 900 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm growing, terrestrial with 1 to 4, dark green overlaid with a light green median stripe, triangular-ovate to cordate, acute leaves that blooms in the winter without leaves on a sparsely pubescent, 9.4" [23.5 cm] long, 1 to 10 flowered inflorescence with a triangular-ovate, acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bract.
SynonymsCheirostylis taichungensis S.S.Ying 1990
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 32 nr 2 Orchids of Thailand VI Neottiideae Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Orchids of Vietnam, Illustrated survey, part 1 Averyanov 2008; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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