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Orchid Species: Peristylus gracilis
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Peristylus gracilis is an orchid species identified by Blume in 1825.
ORIGIN: Found in Assam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra and New Guinea in hill and lower montane forests, scrublands and roadside verges at elevations around 150 to 1700 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium to large sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with an erect, basally sheathed stem carrying 5 to 10, lanceolate, acute, .8 [2cm] distant, starting 6 [15 cm] above ground leaves that blooms in the spring through summer on an erect, 8 [20 cm] long, to 10 flowered, racemose inflorescence with well spaced, small flowers and narrowly lanceolate, acute floral bracts.
FLOWER SIZE: 1/4 inch [8.5 mm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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