Centipede Grass Orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica)

Zeuxine strateumatica

"Zeuxine strateumatica" is a species of terrestrial orchids. It is widespread across much of Asia, including China, Japan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Iran, the Indian Subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Southeast Asia, as well as in New Guinea and in some of the islands of the Pacific. It is naturalized in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Tamaulipas, West Indies, Hawaii, California, and the southeastern United States from Texas to Georgia.

Appearance

"Zeuxine strateumatica" is a perennial herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are linear or narrowly lanceolate, up to 9 cm long. Flowers are borne in an erect panicle of as many as 50 flowers, each white with a yellow lip.

Zeuxine strateumatica I finally got to see this tiny Orchid, that nobody knows how it arrived to Israel. Centipede Grass Orchid,Geotagged,Israel,Winter,Zeuxine strateumatica

Habitat

In its natural habitat in Asia, "Zeuxine strateumatica" grows in grasslands, and along streambanks. In places where it is introduced, it frequently grows in lawns and agricultural fields, and is thus considered a nuisance weed.

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Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Angiosperms
Class	Monocots
Order	Asparagales
Family	Orchidaceae
Genus	Zeuxine
Species	Z. strateumatica

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