Gastrodia exilis Hook.f. 1890 Photo by © Dowery Orchids

Common Name The Slim Gastrodia

Flower Size .08 to .12" [2 to 3 mm]

Found in Assam, India, Thailand and Sumatra on grassy ledges at elevations around 900 to 1000 meters as a small sized, warm growing terrestrial with clustered, large smooth pseudobulbs tapering above into a thin stem carrying 2 apical leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, few to several flowered inflorescence carrying creamy white flowers

Synonyms Gastrodia hayatae Tuyama 1941; Gastrodia siamensis Rolfe ex Downie 1925

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Plantarum Vol 22 Hooker 1894 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as G hayatae; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as G siamensis drawing good; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 Corrections; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 drawing ok; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 32 nr 2 Orchids of Thailand VI Neottiideae Seidenfaden 1978 as Gastrodia siamensis drawing fide; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing fide;

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