Hemipilia chusua (D.Don) Y.Tang & H.Peng 2015 Hemipilia sect. Alpestres Y. Tang & H. Peng 2015
Photos by © David Boufford and Sun Hang and the Biodiversity of the Hengduan Mountains Orchid Website
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Common Name The ? Hemipilia - In China Guang Bu Xiao Hong Men Lan
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in eastern Russia, Korea, Taiwan, China, western Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal and Myanamar in forests, alpine grasslands, limestone outcrops and scree at elevations of 500 to 4700 meters as a mini-miniature to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with ovoid globose tubers giving rise to an erect, glabrous stems carrying 2 to 4, spaces, oblong-lanceolate, green, sometimes spotted with black-purple above, narrowing to the clasping base leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, terminal, to 12" [30 cm] long, racemose, several to many flowered, somewhat secund inflorescence
Synonyms Amitostigma beesianum (W.W.Sm.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; Chusua donii Nevski 1935; Chusua nana (King & Pantl.) Pradhan 1979; Chusua pauciflora (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt 1971; Chusua pulchella (Hand.-Mazz.) P.F.Hunt 1971; Chusua roborowskyi var. delavayi (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt 1971; Chusua roborowskyi var. giraldiana (Kraenzl.) P.F.Hunt 1971; Chusua roborowskyi var. nana (King & Pantl.) P.F.Hunt 1971; Chusua roborowskyi var. tenii (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt 1971; Chusua roborowskyi var. unifoliata (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt 1971; Chusua secunda Nevski 1935; Gymnadenia chusua (D.Don) Lindl. ex Wall. 1832; Gymnadenia chusua var. nana (King & Pantl.) Finet 1901; Gymnadenia pauciflora Lindl. 1835; Gymnadenia puberula Lindl. ex Wall. 1832; Habenaria chusua (D.Don) Benth. 1881; Orchis beesiana W.W.Sm. 1914; *Orchis chusua D.Don 1825; Orchis chusua var. delavayi (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Orchis chusua var. nana King & Pantl. 1898; Orchis chusua var. pulchella (Hand.-Mazz.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; Orchis chusua var. tenii (Schltr.) Soo' 1929; Orchis delavayi Schltr. 1911; Orchis giraldiana Kraenzl. 1905; Orchis mairei H.Lév. 1916; Orchis nana (King & Pantl.) Schltr. 1911; Orchis pauciflora Fisch. ex Lindl. 1835; Orchis parcifloroides Hand.-Mazz. 1936; Orchis pulchella Hand.-Mazz. 1936; Orchis secunda (Nevski) Vorosch. 1966; Orchis tenii Schltr. 1921; Orchis unifoliata Schltr. 1921; Ponerorchis beesiana (W.W.Sm.) Soó 1974 publ. 1975; Ponerorchis chusua var. delavayi (Schltr.) Soó 1966; Ponerorchis chusua var. giraldiana (Kraenzl.) Soó 1966; Ponerorchis chusua var. nana (King & Pantl.) R.C.Srivast. 1996; Ponerorchis chusua var. tenii (Schltr.) Soó 1966; Ponerorchis chusua var. unifoliata (Schltr.) Soó 1966; Ponerorchis nana (King & Pantl.) Soó 1966; Ponerorchis pauciflora (Lindl.) Ohwi 1936; Ponerorchis pulchella (Hand.-Mazz.) Soó 1966
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Orchis chusa drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as orchis chusa var nana drawing ok; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906 as Orchis chusa; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Orchis delavayi; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 as P pauciflora; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973; Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as Orchis nana drawing good; Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as Orchis chusa fide; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 photo ok; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as Chusa nana; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as Chusa pauciflora drawing fide; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as Orchis nana; The Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as Orchis pauciflora drawing; The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Chusa nana drawing ok; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Chusa pauciflora; The Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 as Orchis chusua photo fide; 100 Sikkim Himalayan Orchids Pradhan 2005 photo good; Orchids of Huanglong Perner, Tang Si-Yuan 2007 photos fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 as Orchis chusa photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Ponerorchis chusa; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as Ponerorchis chusa drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015; Phylogeny and classification of the East Asian Amitostigma alliance (Orchidaceae: Orchideae) based on six DNA markers Ying Tang, Tomohisa Yukawa, Richard M Bateman, Hong Jiang & Hua Peng 2015 Photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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