Pomatocalpa spicatum

Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 3: t. 15 1829. (syn: Cleisostoma crassum Ridl.; Cleisostoma expansum Rchb.f.; Cleisostoma mannii Rchb.f.; Cleisostoma uteriferum Hook.f.; Cleisostoma vitellinum Rchb.f.; Cleisostoma wendlandorum Rchb.f.; Pomatocalpa expansum (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.; Pomatocalpa mannii (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.; Pomatocalpa setulense (Ridl.) Holttum; Pomatocalpa vitellinum (Rchb.f.) Ames; Pomatocalpa wendlandorum (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.; Saccolabium hobsonii Ridl.; Saccolabium setulense Ridl.; Saccolabium uteriferum (Hook.f.) Ridl.; Saccolabium wendlandianum (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.);
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E. Himalaya to Hainan and Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Best flora picture: 1 image.

Here attached is the best flora picture of mine.
I have chosen this, not only because it is one of the best flora pictures of mine but also it is not yet on our site.
Will send you a full set of pictures soon.
Pomatocalpa spicata, Breda.
From Thattekkad, Ernakulam district, Kerala.
Picture taken on 13-3-2022


Are you saying you found this plant in wild in Kerala? Because I am not sure if it is known from Deccan part of India.
The image used in Orchids of Kerala is surely a cultivated plant.
And, a very nice picture!!


Yes it is from wild and I found it in different places deep inside forests in several places.
There is no chance of this being an escape from the garden as the locations I found were very far from habitation and so far, I haven’t found any nurseries or home gardens.
However, I have a plant at my home, collected from natural habitat. Collected when there was no flower and I wanted to see flowering to confirm the species. Then I located the same at various places since 1998.


 

 

 


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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  IPNI  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China  FOC illustration  India Biodiversity Portal  Wikimedia Commons  IOSPE Photos  Orchid roots

Updated on December 23, 2024

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