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Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum:  Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum, Kew Bull. 14: 271 (1960).
Syn: Dendrocolla teres Blume, Bijdr.: 289 (1825).

Family: Orchidaceae
Location: Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
Distribution: Assam, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalaya, Nepal, Cambodia,
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Jawa, Phillipines, Sulawesi,
Sumatra, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands,
Altitude: ~800 – 1200m


Very strangely, orchids have spur and labellum separate. But in this genus, spur is actually inside the labellum….


 
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