Aphyllorchis alpina

Plants 75-100 cm tall. Rhizome elongate, covered in scales. Stem erect, with many membranous sheaths 1-4 cm. Inflorescence with 10-20 widely spaced flowers; rachis 19-22 cm; floral bracts reflexed, linear to linear-lanceolate, 25-30 × 3-4 mm, conspicuously longer than pedicel and ovary. Flowers spreading ± horizontally, yellowish green; pedicel and ovary puberulent, 2-3 cm, stout. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, slightly cymbiform, 18-23 × 6-7 mm, apex acuminate-caudate. Petals 14-17 × 5-7 mm; lip 14-17 mm, contracted at or above middle into epichile and hypochile; hypochile winged, basal margins forming a small sac; epichile ovate, margin often involute, apex acute. Column slightly arcuate, 1-1.3 cm. Capsule elliptic, ca. 3 × 1 cm. Fl. Jul, fr. Sep.

Forests, riverbanks; 2100-2600 m. SE Xizang [India, Nepal].

Aphyllorchis alpina
Systematics
Domain	Eukaryotes Eukaryotic
Kingdom	Plants Plantae
Division	Vascular plants Tracheophyta
Class	Monocot flowering plants Liliopsida
Order	Asparagales Asparagales
Family	Orchids Orchidaceae
Genus	Aphyllorchis
Species	Aphyllorchis alpina
Scientific name
§aphyllorchis alpina

CITIES category : Appendix II

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