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Pachystoma pubescens
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Pachystoma pubescens Blume, Bijdr. 376. 1825; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 451. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 433. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 207. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 334. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 210. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 837. 2009.
Pachychilus pubescens (Blume) Blume, Mus. Bot. 2: 178. 1856.
Pachystoma senile (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia 3: 251. 1856; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 812. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1426(997). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 270. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 299. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 488. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 466. 1994.
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Description:
Terrestrial herbs, with 'V'-shaped tuber, leafless when flowering. Leaves 1 or 2, linear, to 20 x 1.5 cm; scape above ground portion 25-40 cm long. Flowers 3-8, towards the apex of scape, pink-purple; bracts 1.5-2.5 x 4 mm, ovate, long-acuminate; sepals pubescent outside, subsimilar; dorsal sepal 12.1 x 4.1 mm, elliptic-oblong, acute, 5-veined; lateral sepals 12.1 x 4 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 5-veined; petals 13 x 1-2.5 mm, oblanceolate-oblong, obliquely acute, 3-5-veined; lip 11 x 4-8 mm, 3-lobed; side lobes obliquely ovate, obtuse; midlobe 4.5 x 4 mm, oblong, obtuse; disc ridged, base saccate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Purple
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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:
1000-1400
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Localities:
Ponmudi, Kumarikulam, Karimala, Chembotti, Kunthipuzha dam site area, Ponmudi, Karasurymala, Nemmara, Pongalapara
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