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Liparis deflexa
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Liparis deflexa Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 697. 1890; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 200. 2004.
Liparis prazeri King. & Prantl, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66: 582. 1897; Ellis et al., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 66: 233. 1966.
Liparis flavoviridis Blatt. & McCann, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 260. 1931.
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Description:
Herbs, stem short with a pseudobulbous base; sheaths few. Leaves 2, opposite, very slender, 10-17 cm long, sessile or petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Scape tall; bracts slender at length deflexed. Flowers small, in terminal racemes, resupinate. Sepals 3-5 nerved, obtuse, lateral oblong, dorsal longer oblong-lanceolate. Petals as long, very slender. Lip flabelliform, with a contracted 2-auricled base, calli obscure; column compressed from back to front, short straight flattened truncate, wings 0; anthers terminal. Capsule 2 cm long, clavate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India to Indo-China
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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):
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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:
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Localities:
Kuruva Island, Sulthanbathery
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