Epipactis fascicularis T.P.Lin 2015
Photo/TYPE Drawing by © T.P.Lin 2015 and Taiwania 60: 173 T P Lin 2015
Common Name The Clustered Epipactis [refers to the clustered stems]
Flower Size [1.6 cm]
Found in Taiwan in sunny sites at the fringe of woods at elevations of 1900 meters as a medium sized, cold growing, Rhizomatous terrestrial bearing 4 to 6 aerial, angled, clustered, 12 to 24" [30 to 60 cm] tall, dark green and covered with whitish fine hairs stems carrying 5 to 7 including cauline leaves, dark green, arranged alternately in two vertical rows (distichous), spreading-erect, lower leaves smaller, median leaves larger, elliptic to ovate, upper leaves bract-like that blooms in the summer on an elongated, up to 10" [25 cm] in length, occupying up to half the stem, bearing 20 to 35 flowered Inflorescence with horizontal or pendant, the lower bracts much longer than the upper ones, far longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying not pendant, open and green flowers with green colored petals.
" E. fascicularis exhibits villi on the stem but not the ovary and pedicel, slightly wrinkled calli on the epichile, and is greenish-yellow at the base of the pedicel, but not washed purple. According to the key provided by P. Delforge (2006), with such features, E. fascicularis seems to fall into the E. leptochila group." T.P.Lin 2015
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Taiwania 60: 169 T P Lin 2015
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