Accession Data

Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis

Family: Zingiberaceae

Country of Origin: E. Himalaya to Myanmar

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900209

Accession Date: 2019-07-10 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3212

Quantity: 1

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2000076

Provenance:

Kress# 00-6666
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Tun, Thet, U Htay Win
Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park; 5 miles north of Shrine, along Min Dan Chaung.
22.3497, 94.4333, 15 Apr 2000

Inflorescence appearing before leaves, originating from erect stem 4 cm below surface of soil; stem connected to fleshy, creeping rhizome to 20 cm below surface of soil.  
Inflorescence bracts sheathing, pale green, scape pale green.  

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Zingiberaceae

SubFamily: Zingiberoideae

Tribe: Globbeae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, 06 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, 06 May, 2019.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Wednesday, 17 July, 2019.

Images

Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis
Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis