Spiranthes sylvatica
Chinese Spiranthes
Spiranthes sinensis
(Pers.) Ames Species
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- Botanical name
- Spiranthes sinensis
- Also known as
- Chinese Spiranthes, Ladies-Tresses
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Spiranthes
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Chinese Spiranthes
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Spiranthes sinensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aristotelea spiralis
Epidendrum aristotelea
Gyrostachys amoena
Gyrostachys australis var. sinensis
Ibidium spirale
Neottia australis var. chinensis
Neottia australis var. chinensis
Neottia pudica
Neottia sinensis
Sarcoglottis pudica
Spiranthes aristotelea
Spiranthes australis var. pudica
Spiranthes australis var. sinensis
Spiranthes australis var. suishaensis
Spiranthes indica
Spiranthes lancea var. chinensis
Spiranthes neocaledonica
Spiranthes papuana
Spiranthes pitouchaoensis
Spiranthes pudica
Spiranthes sinensis f. autumnus
Spiranthes sinensis f. gracilis
Spiranthes spiralis
Spiranthes suishaensis
Spiranthes wightiana
Others in Spiranthes
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