Cyrtosia javanica is a rare, mycoheterotrophic orchid from the Vanilloideae subfamily. It is native to tropical Asia, specifically in Assam, the Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, the Eastern Himalayas, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Cyrtosia taiwanica have been mistaken for Cyrtosia javanica, leading to the latter being thought to have originated from Taiwan.
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