Didymoplexis pallensGriff.

Crystal bells

WFO wfo-0000943254 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Didymoplexis pallens, photographed by Joseph Marvin Jansen
fig. a Joseph Marvin Jansen, CC0 1.0 / 2020-10-25 / obs. 101827377
Didymoplexis pallens, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 80642939
Didymoplexis pallens, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 80461180
Didymoplexis pallens, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 39696333
Didymoplexis pallens, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 80642791
Didymoplexis pallens, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 80461193
Didymoplexis pallens, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 39696374
Didymoplexis pallens, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 80642824

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Didymoplexis pallens is native: Afghanistan, China Southeast, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Christmas I., East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, Niue, Vanuatu AfghanistanChina SoutheastJapanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSumateraThailandVietnamNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia Nansei-shotoChristmas I.NiueVanuatu
Native distribution of Didymoplexis pallens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Christmas I. XMS
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
Niue NUE PACIFIC
Vanuatu VAN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Apetalon minutum Wight
  • Arethusa bengalensis Hemsl.
  • Arethusa ecristata Griff.
  • Cheirostylis kanarensis Blatt. & McCann
  • Didymoplexis brevipes Ohwi
  • Didymoplexis subcampanulata Hayata
  • Didymoplexis sylvatica (Blume) Ridl.
  • Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f.
  • Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell.
  • Leucorchis minuta (Wight) Blume
  • Leucorchis sylvatica Blume

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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