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Trias stocksii
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Trias stocksii Benth. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 781. 1890; Vivek. et al., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 240. 1969; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 494. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 27,34. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 455. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 330. 1997; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 124. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 439. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 211. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 698. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 227. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 853. 2009.
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Description:
Pseudobulb subglobose, 1.5 x 1.5 cm, distantly placed on stout rhizome. Leaves solitary, 2.5-3.5 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, acute with 5 mm long petiole. Flowers pinkish, 2 or 3 from the base of the pseudobulb; dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, 7-veined; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, obtuse, 7-veined; petals linear, apiculate; lip 4 x 1 mm, oblong, acute, fleshy, puberulus; column 3 x 1.5 mm; wing oblong, truncate; stelidia minute, pointing; foot 2.8 x 1.8-2 mm; operculum 2.5 x 0.8 mm, including 1.5 mm long prolongation.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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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
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
800-1200
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kallar, Arjunankotta, Valiyaparathode, Chembotti, Peermade, Athirumala
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