Herminium wangianum X.H.Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & Lu Q.Huang 2015
Photo by © Jin Xiaohua
Drawing by Flora of China
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Common Name Wang's Herminium
Flower Size
Found in southwestern Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan China in forests at elevations around 2800 to 3500 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with globose tubers giving rise to an erect to ascending, slender stem with 2 tubular sheaths and a single, basal, oblong, obtuse leaf that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an erect, peduncle .6 to 3.2" [1.5 to 8 cm] long, rachis .8 to 1" [2 to 2.5 cm] long, 3 to 8 flowered inflorescence with spirally twisted, linear, shorter than the ovary, acuminate floral bracts and carrying green flowers
Synonyms Androcorys spiralis Tang & F.T.Wang 1940
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 as Androcorys spiralis; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven and Deyuan 2009 as Androcorys spiralis; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven and Deyuan 2011 as Androcorys spiralis drawing fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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