Gastrochilus obliquus (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 1891. (syn: Gastrochilus bigibbus (Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze; Saccolabium bigibbum Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.; Vanda obliqua Wall. ex Hook.f.);
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Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, S. Yunnan) and Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Common name: Slanting Belly-Lip Orchid
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Gastrochilus obliquus var. suavis: 2 very high res. images.
Gastrochilus obliquus var. suavis
Behali Reserve Forest, Biswanath, Assam, India
Both CoL and POWO do not give distribution of this var. in our area.
Only type var. is given distribution as per CoL and POWO.
Should I take it as Gastrochilus obliquus var. obliquus ?
It’s already mentioned in Gogoi 2018 “Wild Orchids of Assam”.
But my question is- Is this correct?
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References: POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Flora of peninsular India Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Kerala plants Wikipedia gunaorchids IOSPE PHOTOS
