Common name: Ground Orchid
Botanical name: Spathoglottis plicata Family: Orchidaceae (orchid family)
Ground orchid, native of Southeastern Asia to the Philippines, is the common
species of Orchid which blooms round the year. This easily grown terrestrial
herb has pretty, arching broad leaves with prominent parallel veins and a few
or large cluster of small flowers at the end of a long stalk as tall as 1
metre arising from a basal leaf axil. The flowers are seen from the more common
purple to white, yellow, peach, pink and magenta shades. and The leaves
emerge from round pseudo bulbs that become increasingly multiple and larger as
the orchid matures. Ground orchids can be grown as potted plants and also do
well in beds and borders.
Identification credit: L. Ramya
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