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Oberonia josephii
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Oberonia josephii Saldanha, Indian For. 100: 568. 1974; R. Ansari & Balakr., Orch. Monogr. 4: 14. 1990; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 108. 1998; Muktesh & Stephen, Rheedea 9: 173. 1999; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 205. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 833. 2009.
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Pendulous epiphytic herbs. Leaves 10-16 x 0.6-1.4 cm. ensiform, flattened, acute; scape up to 10 cm long, slightly winged. Inflorescence a many flowered spike with a sterile portion at the apex; floral bracts 4.5 x 2 mm, ovate, fimbriate. Flowers 6-6.5 x 3.5-4 mm, orange, in distinct verticels; floral bracts 4.5 x 2 mm, ovate, fimbriate. Sepals and petals deflexed. Sepals dissimilar, dorsal sepal 2-2.2 x 0.75-0.8 mm, ovate, induplicate; lateral sepals 2-2.2 x 0.75-0.8 mm, ovate, slightly serrate at apex, acute. Petals 2-2.2x 0.3 mm, lanceolate, base slightly serrate, apex acute, crossing each other. Lip 4.5 x 3.5 mm, 3-lobbed, sparsely gland dotted, lateral lobes oblong, elongate, folded upwards and encircling the column, midlobe, 2-lobuled, lobules orbicular, crenulate, serrulate; disc ovate, saccate. Pollinia 4, 0.3-0.4 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-February
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District(s):
Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India
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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):
Orange
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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:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
100-1100
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Localities:
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