Gastrochilus hoii T.P.Lin

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Gastrochilus

Characteristics

Stems prostrate, 4-10 cm, slender. Leaves distichous; blade oblong to lanceolate, 2-2.1 × 0.7-0.9 cm, base narrowed, apex acute. Inflorescence subumbellate, 2-4-flowered; peduncle short; floral bracts ovate, ca. 2 mm; pedicel and ovary ca. 1 cm. Flowers yellowish green, sometimes with brown spots. Dorsal sepal elliptic, 4-5 × ca. 3 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, 4-5 × 2.5-3 mm, apex acute. Petals elliptic, ca. 4 × 3 mm; lip with an epichile and a saccate hypochile; epichile recurved, reniform, 3-5 × 6-8 mm, adaxially with dense white hairs, with a green central cushion, apex emarginate; hypochile straight, conic, slightly flattened, ca. 4.5 mm tall, ca. 4 mm in diam., obtuse at tip. Column very short. Fl. Jan-Feb.
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Growth form herb
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Distribution

Gastrochilus hoii world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:934112-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971418
COL ID 3FD7B
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Synonyms

Gastrochilus hoii