Gastrodia minor Petrie

Small potato orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Gastrodia

Characteristics

Plant at fl. c. 8–30–(40) cm. tall. Swollen rhizomes extensively branched, individual parts to 4 × 1 cm. Stem us. slender. Scale lvs very few, small and widely spaced. Fls us. < 10, sts erect, apparently sts cleistogamic. Per. c. 10 mm. long, brownish; lobes slightly thickened marginally. Lateral sepals connate little above the gibbous base, but their margins lying close together. Labellum narrow-oblong, long-adnate to per.-tube; long median calli rather simple; margin narrow and little undulate, thickened distally. Column very short, wing represented only by a minute erect process; anther short, operculate, filament scarcely pleated at back; stigma immediately below anther.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support mycoheterotroph
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system rhizome
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Gastrodia minor world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:635537-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971573
COL ID 6JY4N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gastrodia minor