Ophrys

ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Amazing world of Bee Orchids : 10 posts by 8 authors. Ophrys L. The genus Ophrys is a large group of orchids from the alliance Orchis in the subtribe Orchidinae. These plants are remarkable in that they successfully reproduce through pseudocopulation, that is, their flowers mimic female insects to such a degree […]

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Anoectochilus

Anoectochilus brevilabris Lindl. (Nepal to China (SE. Yunnan) and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO) Anoectochilus elatus Lindl. ? (S. India (as per POWO))   Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wallich) Lindley (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 per POWO) Anoectochilus species- […]

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Arachnis

Arachnis flos-aeris (L.) Rchb.f. (Cultivated) (S. Indo-China to W. Malesia and Phillipines: Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO)

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Brachycorythis

Brachycorythis galeandra (Rchb.f.) Summerh. (Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Brachycorythis obcordata (Lindl.) Summerh. (Central India, Himalaya to Myanmar: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO) Brachycorythis wightii Summerh. (S. India (Idukki District) as per POWO)  

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Gastrochilus

Gastrochilus acaulis (Lindl.) Kuntze (Images by tspkumar) Gastrochilus acaulis (Lindl.) Kuntze (Images by Tspkumar (Validation by Navendu Page) & Navendu Page) Gastrochilus bellinus (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (Hongkong) (Image by Pankaj Kumar & inserted by Sushant More) Gastrochilus calceolaris (Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.) D.Don (Images By Paresh Churi & Abhay Soman (id by Durgesh Verma & Pankaj Kumar) (inserted by Sushant More […]

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