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Dendrobium wightii
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Dendrobium wightii Hawkes & Heller, Orquidea 24: 16. 1962; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 351. 1981; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 453. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 453. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 316. 1997; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 91. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 413. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 669. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 182. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 805. 2009.
Dendrobium graminifolium Wight, Ic. t. 1649. 1851; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 718. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1415(990). 1928.
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Description:
Lithophyte on wet rocks, stem slender, terete, 15-20 cm tall. Leaves to 6.7 x 0.5 cm, linear, acute, membranous. Flowers pinkish-white, 4-5, in 6-10 cm long, slender flexuous terminal racemes; dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-veined; lateral sepals 10 x 3 mm, slightly obliquely oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-veined; petals 8 x 2 mm, oblanceolate, acute, margins serrulate or erose, 3-veined; lip 11 x 3-6 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes 2 x 1 mm, obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse; midlobe 6 x 6 mm, orbicular, margins crenate, wavy; base of the lip united with the column foot and lateral sepals forming a cylindric spur, 3 x 1 mm, obtusely bifid at apex.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-October
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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, White
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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:
900-1000
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Localities:
Kallar, Rockwood, Vallakkadavu, Boneccord, Chandanathode, Kaviar, Agasthymala peak, Bonaccord, Attayar
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