Cheirostylis sessanica A.N.Rao 1988

Drawing by © A N Rao and A review on Spiranthoideae genera in Arunachal Pradesh Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 27 (1&2) : 1-33, Rao 2011

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Common Name The Sessa Cheirostylis [A town in Arunachal Pradesh]

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm] long

Found in Arunachal Pradesh state of India in wet evergreen subtropical forest in humus at elevations around 1066 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with a prostrate fleshy, dark brown stem turning to an erect stem carrying about 4, ovate-lanceolate, acute, greenish brown, petiolate, clasping base leaves that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, 4" [10 cm] long overall, hirsute, provided with 3, small, brick red sterile bracts, to 5 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute-acuminate, pubescent, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying more or less close set flowers.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A review on Spiranthoideae genera in Arunachal Pradesh Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 27 (1&2) : 1-33, Rao 2011 drawing fide

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