Oreorchis micrantha Lindl.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 20-35 cm tall. Pseudobulbs ovoid or oblong, 1-1.3 × ca. 1 cm, several noded, persisting and often forming a tight chain of pseudobulbs connected by a short rhizome. Leaves 2, linear-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, plicate, 17-25 × 0.5-1.2 cm, gradually tapering at base into an indistinct petiole-like stalk 4-7 cm. Inflorescence 20-32 cm, with 2 or 3 tubular sheaths below middle; rachis 4-6 cm, subdensely 8-12-flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3 mm. Flowers white, lip white with red spots on mid-lobe; pedicel and ovary 6-9 mm. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-6 × 1.5-2 mm, apex subacute; lateral sepals slightly falcate. Petals lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, slightly falcate, 5-5.5 × ca. 1.2 mm, apex shortly acuminate; lip suboblong-obovate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, 3-lobed near base, shortly clawed at base; lateral lobes sublinear, ca. 1.5 mm, apex acute; mid-lobe obovate or broadly obovate, ca. 3 × 2.5 mm, apical margin irregularly incised and slightly crisped, apex obtuse and sometimes emarginate; disk with a linear, longitudinally channeled callus between lateral lobes and extending almost midway along mid-lobe. Column slightly arcuate, ca. 2.5 mm, base slightly dilated. Capsule pendulous, ellipsoid, 10-12 × ca. 5 mm. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.35
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Oreorchis micrantha world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:649299-1
WFO ID wfo-0000260484
COL ID 6STXH
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Synonyms

Oreorchis rolfei Oreorchis micrantha