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Arundina graminifolia
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Arundina graminifolia (D. Don) Hochr., Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 270. 1910; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1432(1002). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 497. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 270. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 382. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 467. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 448. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 434. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 401. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 196. 1999; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 166. 2004.
Bletia graminifolia D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 29. 1825.
Arundina bambusifolia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 125. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 857. 1890.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bamboo orchid
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Description:
Erect stout terrestrial plants; stem to 2 m tall, terete. Leaves distichous, linear-lanceolate, to 8 x 2 cm, persistent. Flowers about 4 cm across, pink-purple, in terminal few-flowered racemes or short panicles; sepals free, similar, ovate-lanceolate, 3.5 x 1 cm; petals broader than the sepals, rhomboid, elliptic, 3.5 x 2 cm; lip trumpet shaped, enclosing the column, bilobed at apex, margin crenulate, midlobe with lamellae, purple with white shades at base; column long, narrowly winged; pollinia 8, lenticular.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Among rocks in grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Purple
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Uppupara, Damsite, Lock-hert gap, Ayyappankovil-Nelliyampathi Ghat, Ponmudi
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