Burmannia wallichii (Miers) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 666 1888. (Syn: Burmannia griffithii Becc.; Gonianthes wallichii Miers); 

 

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Burmanniaceae: Burmannia wallichii (Miers) Hook.f from Hong Kong:

Burmannia wallichii (Miers) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 666 (1888).
Synonym:
Gonianthes wallichii Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 537 (1841).
Burmannia griffithii Becc., Malesia 1: 254 (1878).
Family: Burmanniaceae
Distribution: India, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia
Current pic taken in wild in Hong Kong.


Very beautiful … one query… the floral stalk is also coloured here? at first I took this to be long corolla tube…


yes the stalk is blue sometimes, not a big deal. Sometimes both pedicel and peduncle are blue in some species whereas pedicel is blue and peduncle is maroon.


 
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