Category: Spiranthes

Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames: 4 very high res. images. Location: Jumla, West Nepal Altitude:  2365 m. Date: 17 August 2021  Habit : Wild dont believe this to be Spiranthes sinensis, but cant confirm what it is. There is a report of Spiranthes hongkongensis from Nepal too, but the colour doesnt match, although the overall structure of flowers […]

  Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- 1, 1 & 4 mb. Location: Chisapani, Kathmandu Date: 01 October  2019 Elevation: 2176 m. Habit : Wild Attachments (1) – 6 mb It is almost impossible to identify this without dissection and I am surprised to see it flowering now if […]

Spiranthes himalayensis ?; . Spiranthes spiralis for confirmation : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6) – around 800 kb each. Spiranthes spiralis Family – Orchidaceae To me this hairy white flowered Spiranthes looks close to Spiranthes spiralis. But still I am not sure as Spiranthes is a complex genus with some newly described species from […]

Spiranthes himalayensis Siddharthan Surveswaran, Pankaj Kumar, Mei Sun, PhytoKeys 89: 115-128 (14 Nov 2017); . Spiranthes himalayensis (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae) a new species from Asia : 8 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 MB- 062 2017 Spiranthes himalayensis PHYTOKEYS.pdf. Please find our new article on “Spiranthes himalayensis (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae) a new species from Asia” attached […]

Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall., Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 2: 330 1827. (Syn: Epipactis spiralis (L.) Crantz; Gyrostachys autumnalis (Balb.) Dumort.; Gyrostachys spiralis (L.) Kuntze; Ibidium spirale (L.) Salisb.; Neottia autumnalis (Balb.) Steud.; Neottia autumnalis (Balb.) Pers.; Neottia spiralis (L.) Sw.; Ophrys autumnalis Balb.; Ophrys spiralis L.; Serapias spiralis (L.) Scop.; Spiranthes autumnalis (Balb.) Rich. …..; Spiranthes […]

Spiranthes hongkongensis S.Y.Hu & Barretto, Chung Chi J. 13(2): 2 1976. ; . ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Spiranthes hongkongensis S.Y.Hu & Barretto from Hong Kong – PKS-21 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors. Spiranthes hongkongensis S.Y.Hu & Barretto, Chung Chi J. 13(2): 2 (1976). Distribution: China (Hong Kong) This is very very beautiful … […]

Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames, Orchidaceae 2: 53 1908. (syn. Aristotelea spiralis Lour.; Calanthe australis (R.Br.) Aiton ex Loudon; Epidendrum aristotelea Raeusch. [Illegitimate]; Gyrostachys amoena Blume; Gyrostachys australis (R.Br.) Blume; Gyrostachys australis var. flexuosa (Sm.) Blume; Gyrostachys congesta (Lindl.) Kuntze; Gyrostachys novifuburgensis Kuntze; Gyrostachys stylites (Lindl.) Kuntze; Gyrostachys wightiana Kuntze; Ibidium spirale (Lour.) Makino; Ibidium viridiflorum […]