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Disperis neilgherrensis
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Disperis neilgherrensis Wight, Ic. t. 1719. 1851; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 169. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1478(1032). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 208. 1981; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 414. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 201. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 326. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 185. 2004; Kurzweil, Blumea 50: 145. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 806. 2009.
Disperis zeylanica Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 245. 1885; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 169. 1890; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 278. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 475. 1990; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 185. 2004.
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Description:
Terrestrial herbs with a tuber; stem 10-15 cm tall. Leaves to 10 x 9 mm, ovate, cordate, acute, sessile. Flowers pale-pink or rose, one or two in terminal raceme; floral bracts, foliaceous, 9 x 6 mm, cordate, acute. Dorsal sepal and petals connated to form a hood over the column; dorsal sepal 9 x 2 mm, linear-lanceolate, 3-veined; lateral sepals 16 x 7 mm, obliquely obovate, obtuse, many-veined. Petals 10 x 6 mm, obliquely obovate or elliptic, subacute, 3-veined. Lip 5 x 5 mm, anchor shaped, bifid, with two long linear recurved arms with yellow papillae.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
South India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Java
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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, Rose
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kottamala, Kariamchola, Bison valley, Nelluyampathy forests, Silent Valley R. F., Kummattanthode, Aruvanpara
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