Platanthera milinensis X.H.Jin, Schuit. & C.B.Ma 2021

Photos by © X.H. Jin, Schuit. & C.B. Ma and Pl. Diversity 43: 397 X.H.Jin, Schuit. & C.B.Ma2021

Common Name The Milin County Platanthera [refers tothe orchids location]

Flower Size

Found in Tibet [Xizang Autonomous province of China] on mossy limestone rock with shallow soil between alpine shrubs as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with a creeping, densely hairy rhizome giving rise to a short stem carrying a single, basal, susessile, ovate4 to long-ovate, somewhat raised veined leaf that blooms in the later summer on an ascending, corymbose, peduncle provided with a single, linear scale, 2.4" [6 cm] long, densely 5 to 8 flowered inflorescence with linear, as long as the flowers floral bracts

"Platanthera milinensis is similar to P. stenochila in its small green flowers and lip without a spur, but differs in having a creeping rhizome, a corymbose inflorescence, and a broadly ovate and slightly 3-lobed lip." X.H.Jin, Schuit. & C.B.Ma 2021

Synonyms *Habenaria micrantha Hochst. ex Seub. 1840

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Pl. Diversity 43: 397 X.H.Jin, Schuit. & C.B.Ma2021 photos fide;

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