| Red Spider Orchid |
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| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A580 |
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Botanical name: Arachnis cathcartii Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Arachnanthe cathcartii, Esmeralda cathcartii, Vanda cathcartii
Synonyms: Arachnanthe cathcartii, Esmeralda cathcartii, Vanda cathcartii
Red Spider Orchid is a giant sized, warm to
cool growing, vanda-like epiphytic orchid with an elongate stem.
It was named for James F. Cathcart, member of the Indian Civil Service and amateur botanist of the 19th century.
Alternately arranged leaves are oblong, leathery. The plant blooms in
the spring and summer on a stout, axillary, 18 cm long, pendulous or
horizontal, 3-6 flowered inflorescence. Flowers are waxy, very
fragrant, long-lived flowers. For cultivation, the plant needs a wood
slat basket and cultural conditions similar to Vanda. Red
Spider Orchid is found in the NE India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan
and Sikkim in tropical broadleaf forests near streams in cool shade at
elevations of 600-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Nayan Jyoti Gogoi | Photographed in Mouling National Park, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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