Gingersrus Database Taxon ID 4300Tapeinochilos dahliiOLD NAME: Tapeinochilos dahlii NEW NAME: Tapeinochilos dahlii NAME CHANGE NOTES: FULL SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tapeinochilos dahlii K.Schum. STATUS : accepted CONTINENT: Malanesian FIELD OBSERVATIONS:(If field observations are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) PHOTOS:(If photos are available, you can click on the link to open in a new window.) GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Osia Gideon Monograph: Listed as a terminal flowering species with recurved bracts, dark red, aging grey to black, apex obtuse or rounded-apiculate, margins toward apex not inflexed. Bract apex obtuse, not pungent. Anterior calyx-lobe very small, 2-4 by 2-3 mm, capsule with 50-75 seeds per fruit, labellum 8-9 mm long, floral tube 14-17 mm long, endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago. This species is also at Lyon Arboretum in Hawaii. Ray Baker's PDF file may be seen at the Heliconia Society International website HERE.
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