Epipactis royleana Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Epipactis

Characteristics

Plants 30-80 cm tall. Rhizome elongate, 3-5 mm in diam. Stem glabrous toward base, usually puberulent or glabrescent above, with several sheaths toward base. Leaves 6-9, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, lowest one occasionally elliptic or ovate, 7-12 × 2.5-4 cm, glabrous, base amplexicaul, apex acuminate. Rachis 5-8(-10) cm, brown pubescent, laxly (2-)5-8-flowered; floral bracts 15-40(-70) × 5-10 mm, lower ones exceeding flowers. Flowers resupinate; sepals and petals pale green, lip purple or pink with purple or dark red venation; pedicel and ovary 13-16 mm, brown pubescent. Sepals ovate to elliptic-ovate, 15-18 × 5-7 mm, outer surface carinate, apex shortly acuminate; lateral sepals oblique, slightly wider than dorsal sepal. Petals ovate-elliptic, 13-16 × 6-8 mm, apex obtuse; lip 14-18 mm, without a mesochile; hypochile cymbiform, 7-10 × 14-18 mm, with erect, elliptic lateral lobes 5-7 mm wide; epichile narrowly ovate-elliptic, 9-10 × 4-5 mm, with a pair of fleshy, suborbicular calli on lateral veins toward margins and occasionally with minute protuberances centrally. Column 4-7 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug. 2n = 40, 60.
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An orchid. It grows to about 70 cm high. The leaves clasp the stem. The leaves are 1-1.5 cm long. The are oval to sword shaped. The flowers are green. The veins are red and the tip is red. They occur in loose spikes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.8
Root system rhizome
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JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Nepal it is grown from 1600-3500 m altitude. It grows in open pastureland. It grows in moist soil and along streams between 2,900-3,000 m above sea level in Tibet.
Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The boiled roots are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible roots
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or from root offshoots.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Epipactis royleana world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:633324-1
WFO ID wfo-0000952250
COL ID 6G7MC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Limodorum royleanum Arthrochilium royleanum Epipactis royleana Helleborine royleana Amesia royleana Cephalanthera royleana Cephalanthera royleana