Gastrochilus linii Ormerod

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Gastrochilus

Characteristics

Stems often less than 8 cm. Leaves distichous, closely spaced; blade grayish green abaxially, green adaxially, elliptic or oblong, ca. 3 × 0.8 cm, apex acute. Inflorescence subumbellate, 3-7-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm; pedicel and ovary ca. 1.2 cm. Flowers yellow, with brown spots. Sepals and petals similar, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 5-5.5 × 2.5-3 mm, apex rounded; lip with an epichile and a saccate hypochile; epichile reflexed, white, deltoid, ca. 4 × 5.5 mm, margin and adaxial surface with white hairs, with a yellow central cushion, apex obtuse; hypochile conic, slightly laterally compressed, ca. 2 mm tall, laterally shallowly grooved, slightly attenuate and obtuse at tip, ± curved. Column short. Fl. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20010806-1
WFO ID wfo-0000428541
COL ID 3FD7S
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Synonyms

Gastrochilus flavus Gastrochilus raraensis var. flavus Gastrochilus linii