Gastrodia longitubularis Q.W.Meng, X.Q.Song & Y.B.Luo

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Gastrodia

Characteristics

Plants 12-30 cm tall. Rhizome cylindric or digitate, 4-7 cm, 0.3-0.6 cm in diam., with several roots. Peduncle 10-24 cm, several noded; rachis 1-3.5 cm, 2-6-flowered; floral bracts brown, lanceolate-ovate, ca. 6 mm, apex acuminate. Flowers spreading or nodding, not resupinate, not opening widely, gray-brownish, lip tinged red or orange-red; pedicel and ovary 8-10 mm; pedicel not elongating in fruit. Perianth tube cylindric, 16-18 × 6-8 mm, lacking a deep sinus between lateral sepals, outer surface smooth; free portion of sepals ovate to suborbicular, 2-3 mm, apex acute; free portion of petals elliptic, ovate, or suborbicular, much smaller than sepal lobes, apex acute; lip simple, ovate or cordate, ca. 6 × 4-5 mm, glabrous, base clawed, margin entire or undulate, apex cuspidate; claw with a pair of subglobose calli; disk with 3-5 longitudinal grooves, with 2 longitudinal lamellae toward apex. Column 6-7 mm, with a pair of toothlike projections at apex; column wings narrow; column foot prominent. Capsule 12-15 mm. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. May-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support mycoheterotroph
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.12 - 0.3
Root system rhizome
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Gastrodia longitubularis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77093839-1
WFO ID wfo-0000835634
COL ID 3FDHQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gastrodia longitubularis