Botanical name: Zeuxine lindleyana    Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)

Lindley's Lawn Orchid is a terrestrial orchid named for John Lindley, 18th century British botanist and taxonomist, professor of botany in London University. It is similar to Lawn Orchid, but is characterized by an unlobed ovate-lanceshaped lip, mesochile with wavy margin, pointed epichile and hypochile without calli. In contrast, Lawn Orchid have distinctly 3-lobed lip, spoon-shaped or bilobed epichile, and hypochile with 2 calli. Lindley's Lawn Orchid also resembles Zeuxine membranacea, but can be distinguished by its smaller height, up to 14 cm, ovate-lanceshaped lip and hairless ovary while Z. membranacea is taller, up to 34 cm, has boat-shaped lip, and velvet-hairy ovary. Lindley's Lawn Orchid is found in East Himalaya, India, Nepal. Flowering: February-March.

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