- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(ORCHID FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
- Species : Rhynchostylis retusa
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume
- Common name : Foxtail Orchid
- Vernacular name : Seetha dande, Droupadi maale (Kan.)
- Key identification features : An epiphytic herb of about 30-50 cm. Roots are long, fleshy, and spreading. Stems are thick and sheathed by leaf bases. Leaves are leathery, channeled and linear. Leaf tip is 3-toothed. Flowers are pretty, 1.5 -2 cm long, numerous, in one or more pendulous, long inflorescences (about 30 cm). The lip of the corolla is about a cm long and is purple with whitish base. The spur is about 7 mm and is pinkish. Fruit is an elongated (3-4 cm long) capsule.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : May-December
- Comments : Often on tree trunks, on hill forests up to 1450 m.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Malayagiri Hills (Keonjhar district), Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary (Kalahandi district), Malkangiri district, Koraput district, Ganjam district, Angul district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University Botanic Garden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7);2705-2708; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Rhynchostylis retusa. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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