Gastrochilus distichus (Lindl.) Kuntze

in Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).

Synonymes

Gastrochilus parviflora (Lindl.) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 2: 661 (1891).

Saccolabium distichum Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3: 36 (1859). (basionyme)

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Népal, Sikkim, Tibet.

Chine : Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Floraison : _FMAM_______. Altitude de 1100 à 2700 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte. Taille de 17 à 26 cm. Tige pendante. Bractées oblongues. Fleurs de 2 à 4, vertes. Sépale dorsal elliptique, oblong, de 3-6 × 2-3 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, oblongs, de 5-6 × 2-3 mm. Pétales elliptiques, oblongs, de 3-4 × 2-3 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=38.

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