Gastrodia javanica

{{Short description|Species of orchid}}

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| genus = Gastrodia

| species = javanica

| authority = (Blume, 1840){{cite book |last1=Seidenfaden |first1=Gunnar |last2=Vood |first2=Jeffrey J. |last3=Holttum |first3=Richard Eric |date=1 December 1992 |title=The Orchids of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OPkTkNqGieoC&q=Gastrodia+javanica&pg=PA140 |location=Fredensborg, Denmark |publisher=Olsen & Olsen |page=140 |isbn=87-85215-24-4 |access-date=10 June 2014 }}

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• Epiphanes javanica Blume
• Gastrodia hasseltii Blume
• Gastrodia javanica f. thalassina Yokota
• Gastrodia lutea Fukuy.
• Gastrodia malayana Ridl.
• Gastrodia stapfii Hayata

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-88836 |title=Gastrodia javanica (Blume) Lindl. |website=The Plant List |access-date=10 June 2014 }}

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Gastrodia javanica, or Javanese chijian (Japanese: 爪哇赤箭),{{cite web |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2813296 |title=Gastrodia javanica (Blume) Lindl. |website=GBIF.org |access-date=10 June 2014}} is an epiparasitic species of orchid native to Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.{{cite journal |last1=Lok |first1=A. F. S. L. |last2=Ang |first2=W. F. |last3=Tan |first3=H. T. W. |date=18 November 2009 |title=THE STATUS OF GASTRODIA JAVANICA (BL.) LINDL. IN SINGAPORE |url=http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nis/bulletin2009/2009nis415-419.pdf |journal=Nature in Singapore |publisher=National University of Singapore |volume=2 |pages=415–419 |access-date=10 June 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.orchidiana.com/gastrodia-javanica.html |title=Gastrodia javanica |website=OrchidDiana.com |access-date=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171400/http://www.orchidiana.com/gastrodia-javanica.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}{{cite journal |last1=Xinqi |first1=Chen |last2=Gale |first2=Stephan W. |last3=Cribb |first3=Phillip J. |year=2009 |title=GASTRODIA R. Brown, Prodr. 330. 1810. |url=//flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF25/Gastrodia.pdf |journal=Flora of China |volume=25 |pages=201–205 |access-date=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716042616/http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF25/Gastrodia.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2014 }} The species normally grows to a height of 20 to 80 centimeters, and has pale yellow or green-yellow flowers.