Pleione bulbocodioides
(Franch.) Rolfe
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Description
An orchid. It grows in soil or on rocks. The false bulb is oval with a neck. It is 1-2.5 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. There is one leaf. The leaf develops after flowering. It is narrowly oval and 10-25 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. It tapers into a leaflet like stalk 3-5 cm long. The flowers usually occur singly. They are pink to pale purple.
Edible Uses
The bulbs and roots are edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in humus covered soil and on mossy rocks in evergreen broad-leaved forests between 900-3,600 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Tibet,
Synonyms
References (1)
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 32 (As bulbocoides)
