Gastrodia angusta
Tall Gastrodia
Gastrodia elata
Blume Species
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- Botanical name
- Gastrodia elata
- Also known as
- Tall Gastrodia
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Gastrodia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Tall Gastrodia
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Gastrodia elata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Gastrodia elata f. alba
Gastrodia elata f. elata
Gastrodia elata f. flavida
Gastrodia elata f. glauca
Gastrodia elata f. pallens
Gastrodia elata f. pilifera
Gastrodia elata f. viridis
Gastrodia elata var. gracilis
Gastrodia elata var. obovata
Gastrodia elata var. pallens
Gastrodia elata var. viridis
Gastrodia mairei
Gastrodia viridis
Others in Gastrodia
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