Anoectochilus hainanensis H.Z.Tian, F.W.Xing & L.Li 2008

Photo by © Tian Huazhen and The Living Forests Website

Plant and Flowers in situ Hainan island

Photo by Huang Mingzhong

Common Name or Meaning The Hai Nan Anoectochilus [An Island in southern China] - In China Hai Nan Kai Chun Lan

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found on Hainan island of southern China in damp shady locations in montane forests at elevations of 1000 to 1700 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing terrestrial with an ascending stem carrying 3 to 4, adaxially velvety black-greenish with dense golden reticulation, ovate, oblique, acute apically, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter in cultivation on an erect, [6 to 7.5 cm] long, pubescent, successively single, 4 to 6 flowered inflorescence with 2 to 3 sterile bracts and ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the ovary, outer surface hairy, acuminate apically floral bracts and carrying resupinate, slightly fragrant flowers

Synonyms W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

References 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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