Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification & Culture, Volume 1Pradhan, 1976 - Orchid culture |
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3-lobed acuminate acute anther apex appendage base bearing Benth Bhutan bilobed broad broadly ovate brown clavate collected colour illust column concave curved deflexed dense Distributed dorsal sepal elevations elliptic elongated entire equal erect ex Wall filiform fleshy floral bract flowers gland green growing Habenaria herbs Himalayas Hook hypochile India inflorescence July July-August King & Pantl labellum lanceolate lateral lobes lateral sepals leaf leaves length Lindl linear linear-lanceolate longer longer than ovary margins Mehra midlobe Nepal Numbers obliquely oblong obtuse orbicular Orchid ovary ovate ovate-lanceolate pairs Paph pendulous petiolate Pfitz Plant height pollinia pseudobulbs purple racemes rarely Rchb Rich rounded saccate scape Schltr sepals and petals sheathing short shorter than ovary Sikkim solitary species spreading spur staminode Stem stigmatic processes subequal SUBTRIBE terminal tips Tubers U. C. Pradhan Western wide yellow