Nervilia taitoensis (Hayata) Schltr. 1911
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Collection sheet by Hayata © From Plants of Taiwan Hayata
Common Name or Meaning The Taito Nervilia
Flower Size
Found in southern Taiwan in forests at elevations around 1000 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a subglobose tuber giving rise to an erect stem carrying a single leaf that blooms in the early summer on an erect, to 4.4" [11 cm] long, peduncle provided with 2 tubular sheaths, 2 flowered inflorescence wwith linear, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying resupinate flowers.
Synonyms Nervilia tahanshanensis T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin 2009; Nervilia taiwaniana S.S.Ying 1978; Nervilia taiwaniana var. tahanshanensis (T.P.Lin & W.M.Lin) T.P.Lin 2016; *Pogonia taitoensis Hayata 1911;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; *Taiwania, 54(4): 323-333, Newly Discovered Native Orchids of Taiwan (III) Tsan-Piao Lin and Wei-Min Lin 2009 as N tahanshan ensis photo fide New additions of Crepidium, Goodyera, and Platanthera (Orchidaceae) to the orchid flora of Taiwan Tsan-Piao LIN 2021 Collection sheet photo fide
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