Platanthera contigua Tang & F.T.Wang 1940
Photo by Jin Xiaohua
Drawing by © Wu Zhanhua
Common Name The Adjoining? Platanthera In China - Chang Bao Jian Lan
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in northwestern Yunnan province of China in bamboo forests at elevations around 3200 meters as a miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with a slightly curved stem with up to 5 tubular basal sheaths and carrying 1 to 3, spathulate to lorate-spathulate, acute leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, secund, to 2.2" [5.5 cm] to 10 flowered inflorescence and has 2 to 3, lanceolate, foliaceous, sterile bracts and lanceolate, longer than the ovary, acuminate floral bracts.
Synonyms Diphylax contigua (Tang & F.T.Wang) Tang, F.T.Wang & K.Y.Lang 1994*Platanthera contigua Tang & F.T.Wang 1940
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 10: 28 Tang & F T Wang 1940
Vasc. Pl. Hengduan Mount. 2: 2526 Tang, F.T.Wang & K.Y.Lang 1994 as Diphylax contigua
Flora of China Vol 25: 118 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Diphylax contigua;
Flora of China Illustrations Vol 25: 165 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as Diphylax contigua drawing fide;
A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo ok;
Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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