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Epipogium
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Epipogium

Epipogium is a genus of terrestrial achlorophyllous myco-heterotrophic orchids. The genus is sympodial with no root. Leaves are scale-like. Flowers are non-resupinate, arranged in terminal racemes. Stigmas are 2-lobed and the rostellum is ventrally situated and not prominent.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ghost Orchid

speciesEpipogium aphyllum

Rose Epipogium

speciesEpipogium roseum

Epipogium kentingense

speciesEpipogium kentingense

Epipogium japonicum

speciesEpipogium japonicum

Epipogium taiwanense

speciesEpipogium taiwanense

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 366364.