Common name: Adder Mouth Orchid
Botanical name: Malaxis cylindrostachya Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Dienia cylindrostachya, Microstylis cylindrostachya
Adder Mouth Orchid is an erect orchid, 15-35 cm tall, with ovoid pseudobulbs.
It has a solitary elliptical leaf at the base. The infloroscence is a
slender spike of very numerous, tiny yellowish-green flowers. Flowers are 3
mm, with cup shaped sepals. Petals are linear, with forward-projecting lip
and thick, nearly circular basal lobes. The apex is narrow-lancelike. Occurs
at altitudes of 2500-4000 m. Flowering: July-August.
| Photographed in Dhanaulti, Uttar Pradesh. |
Identification credit: Jagdeep Verma
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