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Potato orchids

Gastrodia

Potato orchids
Photo: Qwert1234, Public domain
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)

About

Gastrodia, commonly known as potato orchids, is a genus of terrestrial leafless orchids in the family Orchidaceae, about ninety of which have been described. Orchids in this genus have fleshy, upright stems and small to medium-sized resupinate flowers with narrow sepals and petals. They are native to Asia (China, the Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent), Australia, New Zealand, central Africa, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Other Gastrodia plants

Gastrodia africana · Gastrodia agnicellus · Gastrodia amamiana · Cooper's black potato orchid · Dense potato orchid · Potato orchid · Tall Gastrodia · Brindabella potato orchid · Gastrodia gunatillekeorum · Gastrodia javanica · Gastrodia kuroshimensis · Western Potato Orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gastrodia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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