Herbarium JCB

Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume

Family : ORCHIDACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
Species : Rhynchostylis retusa
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume
Common name : Common Fox-Tail Orchid
Vernacular name : Seetha dande, Droupadi maale (Kan.)
Collection Nos : HFP 2797, CJS 13579
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-Epiphytic
Native : India
Comments : Frequent on trees.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Hassan, Kodagu, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara