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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
tut
Num 11778
Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schlechter
Det from duplicate by Heng Li
1/2006
HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Plants of the Gaoligong Shan Region, Yunnan, China
Orchidaceae
Bletilla striata H. G. Reichenbach
Gongshan Xian, Cikai Zheng. E side of Gaoligong Shan,
in Dangdan park above Gongshan.
Elev. 1870 m 27° 44 23" N, 98° 39’ 33" E
Pinus yunnanensis plantation on dryer slopes with
remnant broad-leaved evergreen forest in wet draws and
moist slopes.
Terrestrial orchid. Tepals dark pink outside and pink
inside.
Growing among grass under Pinus yunnanensis in half
shade.
Li Heng 11778, 29 June 2000
with Bruce Bartholomew, Philip Thomas, Peter Fritsch,
Dao Zhi-lin, Wang Zhong-lan, and Li Rong
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