Gastrochilus rutilans Seidenf.

Gastrochilus, abbreviated Gchls in horticultural trade, is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern and southeastern Asia, including China, Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, etc.

Gastrochilus - Wikipedia

Orchid Species: Gastrochilus rutilans

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Gastrochilus rutilans is an orchid species identified by Seidenf. in 1988.

Genus

Gastrochilus (Gchls.)

Grex

rutilans
(name currently accepted by Kew)

Parents

Species

Author

Seidenf.

Year

1988

ORIGIN: Found in the eastern Himalayas and Thailand at elevations around 700 to 1350 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an elongate, branching stem carrying linear-lancelate, acute with 1 to 2 setae leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a basal, 1.6 + [4 cm] long+, 5 to 8 flowered inflorescence.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.52 inches [1.3 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).

orchids.org/grexes/gastrochilus-rutilans

 

 

 

 

 

 

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