{"id":1525963,"date":"2025-03-28T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=1525963"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:28:59","slug":"brachycorythis-iantha","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/brachycorythis-iantha\/","title":{"rendered":"Brachycorythis iantha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brachycorythis iantha\u00a0<\/i>(Wight) Summerh., Kew Bull. 10: 238 (1955) (syn: Habenaria iantha<\/em>\u00a0(Wight) Hook.f.<\/a> ; Phyllomphax iantha<\/em>\u00a0(Wight) Schltr.<\/a> ; Platanthera affinis<\/em>\u00a0Wight<\/a>; Platanthera iantha<\/em>\u00a0Wight<\/a>);
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\nKerala<\/span> as per Flora of Peninsular India<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Violet Short-Helmet Orchid
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Unbranched herbs.<\/span> Leaves 2.5-3 x 0.9-11 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute, 3-nerved, well spaced. Flowers pink, 1.5 x 1 cm; dorsal sepal 4.5 x 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-veined; lateral sepals 7 x 2.5 mm, falcate, ovate-oblong, acute, 3-veined; petals 5 x 1.5 mm, lanceolate, obliquely acute at apex, 1 or 2-veined; lip 14 x 12 mm, obcordate with a large sinus, sac ovate, obtuse, 2 x 2 mm, biparted.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: July-August<\/span>
\nGrasslands<\/span>
\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\nBrachycorythis sp. ID #548<\/a>: 9 high res. images.
\nPlease confirm the first and second set images from Vannappuram Idukki Kerala dated 25 JUNE 2023<\/span> in ID#548 is\u00a0Brachycorythis wightii<\/em> or Brachycorythis iantha<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\nLocation: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: 1500fsl<\/span><\/div>\n
Flower date: 25JUN2023, 03.55pm<\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat: wild moisture rock outcrop misty sloppy windy alpine<\/span><\/div>\n
Plant habit: lithophyte Orchid, erect unbranched, weak angular fleshy stem 03.5mm base diameter, rhizome annual<\/span><\/div>\n
Height: 06 inches<\/span><\/div>\n
Leaves: alternate elliptic acute leathery glossy, petioleless size upto: 04 \u00d7 2cm<\/span><\/div>\n
Flower: axillary buds, diameter:18mm, pinkish, non fragrant<\/span><\/div>\n
Fruit: capsule green into brown ovoid ridges size:02.5 x 0.5cm<\/span><\/p>\n
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There are three species in Kerala, Brachycorythis iantha, Brachycorythis splendida<\/em> and Brachycorythis wightii<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I somehow think this is Brachycorythis iantha<\/em> or B. splendida<\/em>.<\/div>\n
One NOT SO USEFUL reference from South says B. iantha<\/em> can be characterised by, “obovate or orbicular-obovate epichileof the lip with a triangular apiculus, petals that are adnate to the dorsal sepal forming a hood and characteristically curved and saccate hypochile.”<\/span>. Are you able to see these characters in your plant?<\/div>\n
I see apiculate epichile, a hood (but i don’t know if the petals and dorsal sepals are fused or not). I wish to see at least spur.<\/p>\n
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Thank you very much for your great detailed information.\u00a0 I also agree with you.<\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) High resolution specimen<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Peninsular India<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of peninsular India<\/a> India Flora Online<\/a>\u00a0 Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Wikimedia Commons<\/a> \u00a0Plant illustrations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brachycorythis iantha\u00a0(Wight) Summerh., Kew Bull. 10: 238 (1955) (syn: Habenaria iantha\u00a0(Wight) Hook.f. ; Phyllomphax iantha\u00a0(Wight) Schltr. ; Platanthera affinis\u00a0Wight; Platanthera iantha\u00a0Wight); . Kerala as per Flora of Peninsular India; . Common name:\u00a0Violet Short-Helmet Orchid . Unbranched herbs. Leaves 2.5-3 x 0.9-11 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute, 3-nerved, well spaced. Flowers pink, 1.5…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8379],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1525963","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-brachycorythis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1525963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1525963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1525963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525973,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1525963\/revisions\/1525973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1525963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1525963"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1525963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}