Nervilia aragoana
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Nervilia aragoana or the Tall Shield Orchid is small terrestrial orchid found in the McIlwraith Range
McIlwraith Range
The McIlwraith Range is a rugged, dissected granite plateau on the Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland, Australia. Part of the Great Dividing Range, it covers about 3000 km2 and lies about 15 km east of the town of Coen, and 550 km north of Cairns...

 in Queensland
Queensland
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, Australia, from 0-150 metres altitude which flowers from September to December. It is also found in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Malaysia, northern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

, Burma, Indonesia
Indonesia
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 and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

. North of the equator it blooms between January and April.

Vernacular names

Malaysia: Daun sa-helai sa-tahun, daun satu tahun (Peninsular).
Thailand: Phaen din yen (Chiang Rai), waan phra chim (Bangkok).
Vietnam: Ch[aa]n tr[aa]u xanh, thanh thi[ee]n q[uf]y, Ian c[owf].

Description

Leaf appears kidney to heart-shaped, 150-250 mm. across, concave but with erect wavy edges. The flower stem is 200-250 mm. tall with 2-6 flowers.

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