!Chiloschista usneoides (D.Don) Lindl. 1832
Photo by © Ron Parsons
Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista
Photo by Jay Pfahl
Common Name Lichen-Like Chiloschista
Flower Size .2 to 1/2" [.5 to 1.3 cm]
Found in the western Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, and Thailand at elevations of 1600 to 1700 meters as an almost leafless, cool growing, miniature epiphyte or lithophyte with many long, twisted, tufted roots and blooms in the summer on an erect, pubescent, flexuous, 2.2" to 4.4" [5.5 to 11 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with a few fragrant flowers.
Synonyms *Epidendrum usneoides D.Don 1825; Sarcochilus usneoides Rchb. f. 1863; Thrixspermum usneoides (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1868
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1865 as Thrixspermum usenoides; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906 as Sarcochilus usenoides; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture vol 2 Pradhan 1979; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 NO 3 1986 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 22 1329 - 1392 Brieger 1989 drawing fide; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 3 2003 photo ok; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo good; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo fide;
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