|
Dendrobium panduratum var. panduratum
|
|
|
|
Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
|
|
Citation: Dendrobium panduratum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3: 19. 1859, var. panduratum; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 717. 1890; Manilal & Sathish, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 64: 299. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 278. 1988; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 90. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 413. 1998; Suresh in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 176. 1999; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 181. 2004.
|
|
Malayalam Name(s):
|
|
Tamil name(s):
|
|
English name(s):
|
|
Description:
Stem flattened, compressed, 2.5 x 0.5 cm, sheathed with scales. Leaves to 40 x 6 mm, linear-lanceolate, acute. Flowers white with pinkish tinge, 4-5, in about 3 cm long terminal flexuous raceme; bracts 2.5 x 2 mm, ovate, acuminate, 3-veined; dorsal sepal 5.8 x 2.1 mm, oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, 5-veined; lateral sepals 8.5 x 3 mm, subfalcately ovate-lanceolate, subacuminate, 5-veined; petals 6 x 1-2 mm, oblanceolate, apiculate, 3-veined; lip, 5 x 7 mm, pandurate, orbicular to obcordate, crenate, margins thick, disc channelled, ending in a pink fleshy callus.
|
|
Habit:
Herb
|
|
Flowering & Fruiting:
May-July
|
|
District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
|
|
Medicinal:
|
|
Habitat:
Evergreen forests
|
|
Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
|
|
Aquatic:
No
|
|
Epiphyte(s):
Yes
|
|
Saprophyte:
No
|
|
Stem parasite:
No
|
|
Root parasite:
No
|
|
Flower colour(s):
White, Pink
|
|
Weed:
No
|
|
Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
|
|
Exotic:
No
|
|
Garden:
No
|
|
Edible:
No
|
|
Vegetable:
No
|
|
Endemic to:
|
|
IUCN status:
|
|
Altitude:
900-1000
|
|
Localities:
Koruthode, Valiyaparathode
|