Herminium josephi Rchb.f.

in Flora 55. 276 (1872).

Synonymes

Androcorys josephi (Rchb.f.) Agrawala & Chowdhery in Kew Bull. 65: 106 (2010).

Herminium forrestii Schltr. in Notes Bot. Gard. Edin. 5. 96 (1912).

Herminium grandiflorum Lindl. in Hook. F., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6. 129 (1890).

Monorchis forrestii (Schltr.) O.Schwarz in Mitt. Thuring. Bot. Ges. I. 95 (1949).

Monorchis josephii (Rchb.f.) O.Schwarz in Mitt. Thuring. Bot. Ges. I. 95 (1949).

Répartition

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

Chine : Sichuan, Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh.

Floraison : ______JAS___. Altitude de 2890 à 4500 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 6 à 25 cm. 2 feuilles, de 30-115 × 5-15 mm, elliptiques, oblongues. Inflorescence en épi. Sépale dorsal elliptique, ovale, de 2-5 × 1-3 mm. Sépales latéraux oblongs. Pétales lancéolés, triangulaires, de 2-3 × 2-3 mm. Labelle ovale, de 3-9 × 5-6 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=38.

Bibliographie

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S.Z. Lucksom. The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya. S.Z. Lucksom. 2007. Page 173. Photo, dessin.

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The Orchid Review. Tome 123. Royal Horticultural Society. Page 105. Photo.

André Schuiteman, B. Ramamurthy Kailash & Uttam Babu Shrestha. A checklist of the Orchidaceae of India. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. 2022. Page 124.

The wild orchids in Tibet. Tongji University Press. 2023. Page 121. Photo.