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Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum Wight, Ic. t. 1651. 1851; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 760. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1418(992). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 334. 1981; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 79. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 404 ; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 169. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 788. 2009.
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Description:
Pseudobulb ovoid, 4.5 x 2 cm, tapering towards apex, ridged, distantly placed. Leaves solitary, 15-20 x 3-3.8 cm, oblong, base acute; petiole 2-2.5 cm long. Flowers 4 or 5, yellowish-pink to darker, in 10-12 cm long sheathed raceme; bracts 12 x 8 mm, ovate, acute, 9-veined; dorsal sepal 1.9 x 0.9 mm, ovate, subacuminate, 7-veined; lateral sepals 32 x 12.5 mm, ovate, lanceolate, acute, keeled, fleshy, 7-veined; petals 17 x 4 mm, at base with a caudate long tail; lip 16 x 7-9 mm, ovate-oblong, subacute, apiculate at apex; side lobes falcately oblong, obtuse; disc channelled.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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, Yellow
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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:
Near Threatened (NT)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Odamala, Uppermanalar
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