Common name: Forest Calanthe
Botanical name: Calanthe masuca/sylvatica Family: Orchidaceae (orchid family)
Found in India, Nepal, Sikkim, China, Thailand, Malaysia and the Ryukyus
Islands, Forest Calanthe is a terrestrial, medium sized orchid with small
pseudobulbs and several, plicate leaves. Its blooms in the summmer on an erect,
successively several to 10-15 flowered inflorescence.
| Photographed in Dehradun. |
Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar
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