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Orchid Species: Galera kusukusensis

Kew currently accepted name is Epipogium roseum

Galera kusukusensis is an orchid species identified by Hayata in 1914. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Epipogium roseum.
Genus
Galera (Galera.)
Grex
kusukusensis
Parents
Species
Author
Hayata
Year
1914
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ORIGIN: This is a medium sized, warm growing, mycoheterotrophic, terrestrial species from Ghana, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Island, Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, lower India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, western Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Malaysia, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sumatra, Timor, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Queensland and New South Wales Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu in broad leafed, evergreen, humid, primary forests at elevations of 100 to 2000 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small to large sized, hot to cool growing, erect, leafless, Mycoheterotrophic terrestrial orchid with an ovoid, horizontal tuber giving rise to an erect, 2' tall, hollow, fleshy stem that is basally brownish and becoming nearly white towards the apex and carrying a few distant bracts that blooms on an erect, to 2' 10 [80 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence arising in the spring and summer.

FLOWER SIZE: About 1 inch [about 2.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Epipogium Epgm roseum 1857 (D.Don) Lindl.
Add+ Ceratopsis Ceratopsis rosea 1840 (D.Don) Lindl.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm africanus 1911 Schltr.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm dentilabellum 1961 Ohtani & S.Suzuki
Add+ Epipogium Epgm guilfoylii 1873 F.Muell.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm indicum 1993 H.J.Chowdhery
Add+ Epipogium Epgm kassnerianum 1914 Kraenzl.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm kusukusense 1919 (Hayata) Schltr.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm makinoanum 1919 Schltr.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm nutans 1857 (Blume) Rchb.f.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm pooneranthum 1942 Fukuy.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm rolfei 1911 (Hayata) Schltr.
Add+ Epipogium Epgm sessanum 1982 S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao
Add+ Epipogium Epgm sinicum 1933 C.L.Tso
Add+ Epipogium Epgm tuberosum 1906 Duthie
Add+ Galera Galera nutans 1825 Blume
Add+ Galera Galera rolfei 1911 Hayata
Add+ Galera Galera rosea 1856 (D.Don) Blume
Add+ Gastrodia Gta schinziana 1929 Kraenzl.
Add+ Podanthera Podanthera pallida 1851 Wight
Add+ Limodorum Limo roseum 1825 D.Don
Add+ Stereosandra Soda schinziana 1954 (Kraenzl.) Garay
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