Grosourdya vietnamica (Aver.) Kumar & S.W.Gale 2018

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Photos by © Li Jianwu

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Common Name The Vietnamese Grosourdya

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Found in Yunnan province of China and Vietnam in limestone mountains at elevations of 500 to 900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing twig epiphyte with a short stem carrying 2 to 4, 2 ranked, oblong, slightly falcate leaves that blooms in the later winter and spring on an axillary, descending,short, thickening towards the rachis apex, shorter than the leaves, densely 3 to 10 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Theana vietnamica Aver. 2012

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;

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