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The difference between spotted leaf orchid and golden thread orchid

Jesse Pinkman
2020-07-16 09:11:16
Leaf blade: the leaf is ovate or ovate lanceolate, green above, with white punctate stripes, light green on the back. The leaves are oval or ovate, with dark purple or black purple on the top, golden red net veins and light purple on the back. Flowers: variegated orchid petals are rhombic and oblanceolate, while golden thread orchids are sickle shaped.

I. blade difference

The leaf blade of the leaf is ovate or ovate lanceolate, about 3-8 cm in length and 0.8-2.5 cm in width. It is green on the top, with white punctate stripes, light green on the back, sharp at the tip, wide wedge or nearly round at the base.

The leaves are oval or ovate, much smaller than the former, about 1.3-3.5cm long and 0.8-3cm wide, with dark purple or black purple on the top, golden red veins on the back, light purplish red on the back, slightly blunt at the tip, and round or nearly truncated at the base.

The difference between flowers

Variegated orchids are racemes, bracts are lanceolate, flowers are small, white or pink. The petals are rhomboid and oblanceolate, and the labellum is ovate.

The leaves are racemes, the bracts are ovate lanceolate, the flower color is similar to the former, white or light red. The petals are sickle shaped.

Anoectochilus formosanus

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