Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
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Common Name The Formosan Bletilla - In China Xiao Bai Ji
Flower Size 1.2 to 1.4" [3 to 3.5 cm]
Found in China, the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan on open stony and grassy slopes to thin thickets at elevations of 500 to 3400 meters as a miniature to medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with an erect, rather slender, slightly swollen basally stem that carries 3 to 4, linear-lanceolate leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a terminal, loosely and successively 1 to 6 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms *Bletia formosana Hayata 1911; Bletia kotoensis Hayata 1911; Bletia morrisonicola Hayata 1911; Bletilla formosana f. kotoensis (Hayata) T.P.Lin 1977; Bletilla formosana f. rubrolabella S.S.Ying 1990; Bletilla kotoensis (Hayata) Schltr. 1911; Bletilla morrisonicola (Hayata) Schltr. 1911; Bletilla striata var. kotoensis (Hayata) Masam. 1964; Bletilla szetschuanica Schltr. 1922; Bletilla yunnanensis Schltr. 1922; Jimensia formosana (Hayata) Garay & R.E.Schult. 1958; Jimensia kotoensis (Hayata) Garay & R.F.Schult. 1958; Jimensia morrisonicola (Hayata) Garay & R.E.Schult. 1958; Jimensia szetschuanica (Schltr.) Garay & R.E.Schult. 1958; Jimensia yunnanensis (Schltr.) Garay & R.E.Schult. 1958;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Native Orchids of Shaanxi - Shaanxi Science & Technology Press 2007 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #5 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #5 2008 as B szetschuanica; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #5 2008 as B yunnanesis; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo hmm; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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