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Orchid Species: Gyrostachys gemmipara

Kew currently accepted name is Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Gyrostachys gemmipara is an orchid species identified by (Sm.) Kuntze in 1891. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Spiranthes romanzoffiana.
Genus
Gyrostachys (Gyrostachys.)
Grex
gemmipara
Parents
Species
Author
(Sm.) Kuntze
Year
1891
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ORIGIN: Found in England, Ireland, Aluetians, Alaska, North West Territories, Yukon, Alberta, Br. Columbia, Manitoba, Saskachuan, Ontario, Quebec, Prine Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, N Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconson, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusets, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and Northern Mexico in tundra, bogs, open woodlands and litoral areas.

DESCRIPTION: Small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with 3 to 6, linear-lanceolate, basal leaves that climb the stem after as bracts and blooms in the summer and early fall on a terminal, many flowered inflorescence holding the 60, fragrant flowers in three spiralling rows.

FLOWER SIZE: 1/2 inch [1.25 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Spiranthes Spir romanzoffiana 1828 Cham.
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys stricta 1900 Rydb.
Add+ Ibidium Ibidium romanzoffianum 1906 (Cham.) House
Add+ Ibidium Ibidium strictum 1905 (Rydb.) House
Add+ Neottia Neot gemmipara 1828 Sm.
Add+ Orchiastrum Orchiastrum romanzoffianum 1894 (Cham.) Greene
Add+ Spiranthes Spir gemmipara 1829 (Sm.) Lindl.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir stricta 1909 (Rydb.) A.Nelson in J.M.Coulter & A.Nelson
Add+ Triorchis Triorchis stricta 1913 (Rydb.) Nieuwl.
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys romanzoffiana 1892 (Cham.) MacMill.
Add+ Triorchis Triorchis romanzoffiana 1913 (Cham.) Nieuwl.
Add+ Triorchis Triorchis romanzoffianus 1913 (Cham.) Nieuwl.
Add+ Triorchis Triorchis strictus 1913 (Rydb.) Nieuwl.
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