Calanthe plantaginea

Calanthe plantaginea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 250 1833. (Synonyms: Alismorkis lindleyana (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 650 (1891)).

Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Common name: Plantain Calanthe • Nepali: पङ्खा फूल Pankhaa Phool

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Calanthe plantagenia ABMAR01/10 : 8 posts by 4 authors. 8 images.

Another first for me and I was quite excited to have found it—a bruised plant first and then a group of 5-6 plants on a slope difficult to reach for a good photograph. Flowers had a strong aroma and seedpod like pods were either empty or had a cottony filling. Please advise if I am wrong in identifying it.

Calanthe plantagenia—Plantain Orchid

Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP

1800m 27 March 2016

Very beautiful find …, really nice to see.. I agree with generic level id, thanks for sharing beautiful pics !!

Thank you once again …. Would you suggest another possibility within Calanthe here at this time of the year? Please advise.

Very-2 nice details.

You can find Calanthe tricarinata in days to come.. meanwhile let the confirmation come from experts for specific level id..!!

I think matches with other images at Calanthe plantaginea

What a beauty!! Calanthe plantaginea !! Read description in China flora, illustrations are also there

I photographed the first buds this season on 5 March and visited the same plants at least twice a week. On 18 March, I found some flowers out, on the 20th some more and finally on the 23rd I photographed the full spikes open. Here are some photographs.

All photos of this Calanthe plantaginea are taken above Dal Lake at about 1950m on the mountain path to Guna Devi temple.

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Superb images.

Almora, Uttarakhand: April 2010;

Calanthe plantaginea var. plantaginea – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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calanthe id al021018a:

Location : Kalatope sanctuary Chamba
Altitude 2300 mts
Plant habitat: wild
height: 20 inches
time of blooming: april

The plant here is Calanthe plantaginea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 250 (1833). It has been reported from Himachal in past but your collection seems to have been made after a long gap.

Himachal is very much unexplored with respect to orchids. I remember in one week of my stay in Himachal we found 4 new records for the state. Unfortunately we couldnt publish them somehow.

The Calanthe season is in full swing… as id’d by ….. Calanthe plantaginea

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Orchid… is it..??: This was one of the first flowers I had photographed in the beginning for its sheer beauty… I had just started photographing and not really with the idea of identification…. so you’ll pardon me if I don’t know much except…
it was around the month of April again in Kalatope Sanctuary, Chamba, HP
alt 2300 mts plant height approx 20 inches