Epipactis mairei Schltr.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 30-100 cm tall. Rhizome short and inconspicuous. Stem glabrous toward base, becoming rusty pubescent above, with 2 or 3 scalelike sheaths toward base. Leaves 5-8, usually elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 7-16 × 3-8 cm, adaxially scabrous, especially so on veins, base sheathing and amplexicaul, apex shortly acuminate to acuminate. Rachis 10-20 cm, rusty pubescent, subdensely 10-to more than 20-flowered; floral bracts elliptic-lanceolate, lower ones exceeding flowers. Flowers usually nodding, resupinate; sepals and petals yellowish green tinged purple on outer surfaces, lip with a purplish brown hypochile and an orange or yellowish brown epichile; pedicel and ovary 12-15 mm, yellowish brown-or rusty pubescent. Dorsal sepal elliptic or obovate-elliptic, cymbiform, 13-17 × 4-7.5 mm, outer surfaces occasionally puberulent, apex acuminate; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate or ovate, oblique, 15-20 × 5-9 mm, apex acuminate and mucronate. Petals narrowly elliptic or elliptic, 11-17 × 5-9 mm, apex acuminate; lip 12-16 mm, without a mesochile; hypochile cymbiform, 6-9 mm, with suberect lateral lobes 4-6 mm wide, with 2 or 3 central crestlike lamellae; hypochile lamellae separate and narrow at base, converging and becoming wider toward apex; epichile thickened, ovate-elliptic to elliptic, 5-9 × 3-6 mm, apex acute. Column 4-5 mm; anther 3-4 mm. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 25 mm, glabrous. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Sep. 2n = 40.
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An orchid.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The aerial parts are eaten raw or boiled.
Uses fodder medicinal
Edible leaves
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Images

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Distribution

Epipactis mairei world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:633259-1
WFO ID wfo-0000952150
COL ID 6FVKR
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Synonyms

Arthrochilium wilsonii Arthrochilium mairei Arthrochilium schensianum Arthrochilium setschuanicum Epipactis setschuanica Epipactis wilsonii Helleborine schensiana Helleborine setschuanica Helleborine wilsonii Epipactis schensiana Amesia mairei Amesia schensiana Amesia setschuanica Amesia wilsonii Helleborine mairei Helleborine sechuanica Epipactis mairei Epipactis mairei var. mairei