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Hemipilia brevicalcarata is an orchid species identified by Finet in 1897. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Ponerorchis brevicalcarata.
ORIGIN: Found in the western Sichuan and central Yunnan China on grassy slopes or in mossy rocks along ravines at elevations of 1500 to 3500 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Mini-miniature to miniature sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with oblong-ellipsoid tubers giving rise to an erect, glabrous stem with 1 to 2, membraneous sheaths and carrying a single, cordate, cordate-ovate to broadly ovate, dark green, spotted red purple above, purple red below, gradually narrowing into the amplexicaul base leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, terminal, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.4 inches [1 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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