Gastrodia flavilabella S.S.Ying 1984
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photos by © The China Orchid Society Webpage
Common Name The Pretty Yellow Gastrodia - In China Xia Tian Ma
Flower Size 1/4" [8 mm]
Found in central Taiwan in open humid forests at elevations around 1100 to 1300 meters as a medium to large sized, cool growing, mycoheterotrophic terrestrial with a stout rhizome giving rise in the summer to an erect, yellowish brown below, dull purplish brown above, to 28" [70 cm] long, rachis 2.8 to 10" [7 to 25 cm] long, laxly 7 to 20 flowered inflorescence with caducous, ovate-lanceolate, acute apically floral bracts
Synonyms Leptogastrodia flavilabella (S.S.Ying) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2019
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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