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Orchid Species: Ponerorchis kiraishiensis
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Ponerorchis kiraishiensis is an orchid species identified by (Hayata) Ohwi in 1936.
ORIGIN: Found in Taiwan in alpine grasslands and scree slopes at elevations of 3000 to 3900 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with subglose to ovoid tubers giving rise to 1 to 2, tubular, membrtaneous, basal sheaths and carrying cauline, alternate, clustered to widely spaced, green, linear to linaer-lanceolate, glabrous, acute to acuminate apically leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, pale green, 1.6 to 4 [4 to 10 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence with green to purple, lanceolate, lower one excveeding the ovary, acuminate apically floral bracts.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.6 inches [1.4 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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