Cheirostylis montana Blume 1825
Photos by © Manorot Tangsaveepha and his Butterfly and Orchids Website
Common Name or Meaning The Mountain Dwelling Cheirostylis
Flower Size .2" [5.5mm]
Found in Thailand, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu in wooded gullies or on rocks in scrubland at elevations of 200 to 600 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial or lithophyte with 3 to 5, ground hugging, broadly lanceolate, acute, petiolate leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, to 8 flowered, pubescent inflorescence with 3 lanceolate bracts spread out evenly.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing ok; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing not = C yunnanensis; Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependences Vol 8 Orchidaceae Halle 1977 drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 32 nr 2 Orchids of Thailand VI Neottiideae Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Woods & Seidenfaden 1992 drawing ok; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Native Orchids of New Caledonia Societe' Neo-Caledonienne D' Orchidophile 1995 photo plant only hmm; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo ok; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing fide
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