Myrmechis pumila (Hook.f.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951
Photo by André Schuiteman, courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
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Common Name The Small Flowered Myrmechis - In China Ai Quan Chun Lan
Flower Size .2" [5mm]
Found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Yunnan province of China on moss and large boulders at elevations of 2300 to 3800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with a creeping rhizome giving rise to a basally decumbent, erect above, stout stem carrying ovate, acute, undulate margin, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a pubescent, terminal, .6 to .8" [1.5 to 2 cm] long, laxly 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and a pubescent ovary
Synonyms Anoectochilus pumilus (Hook.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand 1959; Cheirostylis franchetiana King & Pantl. 1895; Cystopus pumilus (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891; Myrmechis franchetiana (King & Pantl.) Schlrtr. 1919; *Odontochilus pumilus Hook.f. 1890; Zeuxine franchetiana (King & Pantl.) King & Pantl. 1898; Zeuxine langbianensis N.T.Tich 2001; Zeuxine pumila (Hook.f.) King & Pantl. 1898
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Plantarum Vol 22 Hooker 1893 as Odontochilus pumilus drawing good; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Zeuxine pumila drawing ok; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Zeuxine franchetiana drawing ok; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitnanad 1959 as Anoectochilus pumilus; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitnanad 1959 as Zeuxine pumila; The Orchids of Thailand Seidefaden & Smitnand 1965 corrections; The Orchids of Thailand Seidefaden & Smitnand 1965 corrections as Anoectochilus pumilus; Botanisk Tidsserift 67: 76-127 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand IV Seidenfaden 1972 drawing ok; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as Zeuxine franchetiana drawing ok; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as Zeuxine pumila drawing ok; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 32 nr 2 Orchids of Thailand VI Neottiideae Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 drawing fide; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok; Orchids of Vietnam, Illustrated survey, part 1 Averyanov 2008; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; A review on Spiranthoideae genera in Arunachal Pradesh Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 27 (1&2) : 1-33, Rao 2011; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 drawing fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo not? M chinensis?
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