~Aphyllorchis unguiculata Rchb. f. ex C. Downie 1925 - See Aphyllorchis montana Rchb.f. 1876 Photo courtesy of David Kuehn

LATE and

Common Name The Clawed Aphyllorchis

Flower Size

Found in Thailand at elevations around 600 to 1300 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing saphrophytic terrestrial orchid with no leaves which blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, several to many flowered inflorescence.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 Drawing

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