Anoectochilus elatus ?

Anoectochilus elatus Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 178 1857. ?; . S. India (as per POWO); . Common name: South Indian Jewel Orchid • Malayalam: Nagathali . Terrestrial herbs with creeping rhizome. Leaves to 5 x 4 cm, ovate or elliptic, acute, dark maroon with golden netted veins; petiole 1.5 cm long. Flowers white, 2.5 […]

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Anoectochilus roxburghii

Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wallich) Lindley, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 368. 1839. (Syn: Chrysobaphus roxburghii Wallich, Tent. Fl. Napal. 37. 1826; Anoectochilus yungianus S. Y. Hu; Zeuxine roxburghii (Wallich) M. Hiroe.); . Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as […]

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Anoectochilus brevilabris

Anoectochilus brevilabris Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 499 1840. (syn: Anoectochilus griffithii Hook.f.; Dossinia marmarata Lindl. [Illegitimate]); . Nepal to China (SE. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Short-Lip Jewel Orchid .   ORCHIDACEAE FORTNIGHT :: ANOECTOCHILUS FOR ID :: JS 02 : […]

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