Didymoplexis pallens Griff.

in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 4. 383 (1844).

Synonymes

Apetalon minutum Wight in Icon. 5:T. 1758 (1852).

Arethusa bengalensis Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 20. 311 (1884).

Arethusa ecristata Griff. in Not. 3: 378 (1851).

Cheirostylis kanarensis Blatter & Maccann in J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 732 (1932).

Didymoplexis brevipes Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. & Geobot., Kyoto, 1937, 6. 238 (1937).

Didymoplexis subcampanulata Hayata in Ic. Pl. Formos. 2. 136 (1912).

Didymoplexis sylvatica (Blume) Garay in Op. Bot., 124: 15 : (1995).

Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f. in Seem., Fl. Vit.: 296 (1868).

Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell. in Phyt. New Hebr.: 22 (1870).

Leucorchis minuta (Wight) Blume in Coll. Orchid.: 147 (1859).

Leucorchis sylvatica Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 31 (1849).

Répartition

Afghanistan, Australie, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Borneo, Chine, Inde, Java, Laos, Malaisie, Nouvelle Guinée, Philippines, Sikkim, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thaïlande, Tibet, Timor.

Australie : Queensland, Western Australia.

Chine : Fujian.

Inde : Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.

Philippines : Camarines Norte , Camarines Sur, Laguna, Leyte, Palawan, Pampanga, Southern Leyte.

Sumatra : Bengkulu.

Taiwan : Nan-t'ou, P'ing-tung, T'ai-nan, T'ai-nan.

Floraison : JFMAM_______. Altitude de 0 à 2000 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 6 à 25 cm. Feuilles absentes. Fleurs de 5 à 15, blanches. Sépale dorsal concave, à apex obtus, de 8-12 × 8-10 mm. Sépales latéraux soudés, de 6-7 × 6-7 mm. Pétales soudés à la base, de 0-10 × 5-6 mm. Labelle obovale, de 5-7 × 6-9 mm.

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