Cheirostylis griffithii Lindl. 1857
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Common Name or Meaning Griffith's Cheirostylis [English Physician and Orchid Collector in India late 1800's] - In China Da Hua Cha Zhu Lan
Flower Size 3/4 to 1" [2 to 2.5 cm]
Found in Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Sikkim, central Yunnan province of China, Myanmar, and Thailand in forests in damp areas in hill evergreen forests in damp humus at elevations of 1000 to 2100 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with a decumbent base carrying 3 to 4, pendulous, elliptic-ovate, obtuse leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, peduncle 2.8 to 5" [7 to 12.5 cm] long, provided with 2 to 3 sterile bracts, 3.2 to 6" [8 to 15 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than to as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying flowers that are pubescent on the back and have a pubescent ovary as well.
Synonyms Cheirostylis macrantha Schltr. 1906
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing good; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as C macrantha; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257- 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 drawing fide; Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 32 nr 2 Orchids of Thailand VI Neottiideae Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #3 2010 photo fide; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing/photo fide; Candollea 67(1): 31-35 2012 On the status of some species of Cheirostylis Blume (Orchidaceae) from India Avishek Bhattacharjee https://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/publications/cando671/C671_31-35.pdf; Turczaninowia 16(4):26-46 NEW AND RARE ORCHIDS (ORCHIDACEAE) IN THE FLORA OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS Averyanov 2013 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #2 2014 photo fide; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015; A Century of New Orchid Records in Bhutan Royal Government of Bhutan 2017 drawing/photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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