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Flickingeria nodosa
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Flickingeria nodosa (Dalz.) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 34: 41. 1980; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 283. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 442. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 318. 1997; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 97. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 417. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 202. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 327. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 190. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 811. 2009.
Dendrobium nodosum Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4:292.1852.
Dendrobium macraei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 714. 1890, non Lindl. 1830.
Desmotrichum fimbriatum C.E.C. Fisch. in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1412(987). 1928, non Blume 1825.
Ephemerantha macraei sensu Joseph, Orch. Nilgiris 88. 1982, non (Lindl.) Hunt & Summerh. 1961; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 370. 1981; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 476. 1990.
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Description:
Tufted epiphytes with creeping root stock and sympodially branched stems, 20-30 cm long, each branch ends in a fusiform pseudobulb. Leaves one per pseudobulb, 7-10 x 2 cm, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Flowers white, 1-3 from the tip of a pseudobulb; bracts 1.8 x 2.5 mm, ovate, acuminate, 3-veined; dorsal sepal 10.5 x 3.5 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 5-veined; lateral sepals 10 x 4.5 mm, obliquely oblong-lanceolate, acute, 7-veined; petals 9.5 x 2.5 mm, lanceolate, acute, 3-veined; lip 12 x 6 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes oblong, obtuse; midlobe sub quadrate, recurved, crenulate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
900-1600
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Localities:
Poringal, Kattalappara, Thekkady, Mangaladevi, Kottayali, Pandaravarai, Valiyaparathode, Silent Valley R. F.
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