Neottia acuminata Schltr. 1924

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Plant and Flowers in situ Japan

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Common Name The Acuminate Neottia [refers to the sepals] - In Japan - Hime-muyo-ran - In China Jian Chun Niao Chao Lan

Flower Size .15" [3 mm]

Found in Shaanxi, Jilin, Neimenggu, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Quinhai, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and Xizang provinces of China as well as the eastern Himalayas and Nepal in rhodedendron forests in shade at elevations of 1000 to 4100 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect, glabrous stem carrying a few sheaths and blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, to 10" [25 cm] long, laxly to subdensely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, obtuse floral bracts and carrying non-resupinate flowers

Synonyms Aphyllorchis parviflora King & Pantl. 1896; Neottia asiatica Ohwi 1931; Neottia micrantha Lindl. 1840; Neottia oblonga Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; Neottia parviflora (King & Pantl.) Schltr. 1924; Neottia subsessilis Ohwi 1931

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Aphyllorchis parviflora drawing fide; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as Aphyllorchi parviflora drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce and Cribb 2002 photo fide; Native Orchids of Shaanxi Shaanxi Science & Technology Press 2007 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Orchids of Huanglong Perner, Tang Si-Yuan 2007 photos fide; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo seed capsules only; 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; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photo ok; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #4 2016 drawing fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;

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