Gavilea araucana (Phil.) M.N.Correa 1956
Plant and Flower in situ Chile Photos by © Photo by M Belov courtesy of The Flora of Chile Webste
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Common Name The Arauca Gavilea
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in southern Argentina and southern Chile at elevations around 900 meters as a large sized, cold growing terrestrial with linear-lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, terminal, slender, several [10 to 15] flowered inflorescence
Synonyms *Asarca arauacana Phil.1858
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940; 100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 photo fide;
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