Gastrodia sesamoides (Gastrodia sesamoides)
Description
G.sesamoides have robust spike with crowded tubular flower on a leafless stem which is up to 1m tall with 20 or more flower on it. This plants are saprophytic generally with brown color stem. It is also called ‘potato orchid’ due to its color and flower stems arise from large underground tuber which also give rise to the common name. They often occurs in loose colonies but rarely observed in groups depending on their growth. The flower have petal and sepals in small white or cream fan at the end of pale brown tube. Leaves are absent, stem are slender to modernly robust but sometimes up to 1 m in high, pale to brown arising from an underground rhizome. The flower are ranging from fewer to numerous, brown and white to 2 cm long and tubular in shape. Flowers have sweet spicy fragrance similar to cinnamon so it’s also called as cinnamon bells. The synonym used for this species is sesamoides. It can grows easily in soils with pH like acidic,alkaline ,basic and neutral soils.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Gastrodia
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