Neottia pinetorum (Lindl.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. Suppl. 3: 118 1995. (syn: Diphryllum pinetorum (Lindl.) Kuntze; Listera brachybotryosa Tang & F.T.Wang; Listera pinetorum Lindl.; Listera yuana Tang & F.T. Wang; Neottia brachybotryosa (Tang & F.T.Wang) Szlach.); . Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan, N. Fujian, Central Xinjiang) and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; .   ORCHIDACEAE Fortnight: Neottia pinetorum from Uttarakhand DSR_2 : Attachments (2). 14 posts by 8 authors. Neottia pinetorum (Lindl.) Szlach. (=Listera pinetorum Lindl., L.mucronata Panigrahi and Wood) is a ground orchid found between 2500-3500m altitude in Uttarakhand. It is not a common species, more so because it is difficult to locate due to greenish flowers. I think differ from you a bit. I am not sure if this is Neottia pinetorum. I will recheck further to confirm. Thanks …; altogether a new shade of colour to me for a flower, and beautiful too. Unique shaped flower. Thanks … for sharing Thank you … for nice words. This is unique orchid and I saw it first time too in my Sunderdhunga tour. This could be Neottia tenuis. Keys and diagr in Deva and Naithani (1986) indicated it as L.pinetorum (now N.pinetorum). To me L.tenuis seems a smaller plant with narrower leaves than this. I have seen N. pinetorum, it has distinct red line on the labellum. Even the margin is not so wavy. But yeah I could be wrong. This is the true Neottia pinetorum. |