Zeuxine gracilis

Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume, Coll. Orchid. 69 1858. (Syn: Adenostylis gracilis (Breda) Merr.; Monochilus gracilis (Breda) Lindl.; Monochilus gracilis (Blume) Lindl. ex Miq.; Monochilus zollingeri Rchb.f.; Psychechilos gracilis Breda);

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Images by tspkumar

 

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ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume PKS-14 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors.

Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 69 (1858).
Synonyms:
Psychechilos gracilis Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 2: t. 9 (1829).
Monochilus gracilis (Breda) Lindl., Fol. Orchid.: 5 (1854).
Adenostylis gracilis (Breda) Merr., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc., Spec. No.: 141 (1921).
Monochilus zollingeri Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 35 (1857).
Distribution: India to W. Malesia
Current pic taken in Hong Kong.

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Beautiful … My Zeuxine is still missing searching that only Zeuxine from Haryana desperately…..

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Thank you very much … for showing this Zeuxine. This one is known to be found in s Western Ghats – hope some day will meet this ZOO-zin-nee !

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TSP-FEB2016-05-294: Images of Zeuxine gracilis (Orchidaceae) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

It is my pleasure to share few images of Zeuxine gracilis (Orchidaceae) 

Ref: http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=3183&cat=1…..Lobules of lip orbicular and entire.

Ref: http://keralaplants.in/keralaplantsdetails.aspx?id=Zeuxine_gracilis 

Habit: A slender herb 

Habitat: Terrestrial, in shaded forest floor with humus 

Sighting: Devaramane, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1200 msl 

Date: 11-02-2016

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Aha ..Incredible ..Thanks for sharing 🙂

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