Hemipilia keiskeoides (Gagnep.) Y.Tang & H.Peng 2015 Hemipilia sect. Tsaiorchis Y. Tang & H. Peng 2015
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Common Name The H keiskei Like Hemipilia - In China Chan Hui Lan
Flower Size .32" [8mm]
Found in Guangxi and southeastern Yunnan provinces of China in dense forests and in valleys at elevations around 1500 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 2, ovate, 7 veined, acute leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an erect, [1.5 to 2 cm] long, secund, 5 to 7 flowered inflorescence with ovate, acuminate floral bracts.
Synonyms Platanthera neottianthoides (Tang & F.T.Wang) R.M.Bateman & P.J.Cribb 2009; Tsaiorchis neottianthoides Tang & F.T.Wang 1936
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 254 - 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 as Tsaiorchis neottianthoides; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 40 pg 2492 - 2564 Brieger 2000 drawing fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Tsaiorchis neottianthoides ; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide as Tsaiorchis neottianthoides ; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 as Tsaiorchis neottianthoides photos fide; 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; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 as Tsaiorchis neottianthoides photo fide;
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