Vanda cristata Wall. ex Lindl.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aerides cristata (Wall. ex Lindl.) Wall. ex Hook.f.; Trudelia cristata (Wall. ex Lindl.) Senghas ex Roeth; Luisia striata (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.; Vanda striata Rchb.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vanda cristata Wall. ex Lindl.
  • Common name : Comb Trudelia
  • Vernacular name :
    • Harchur (Nepali)
  • Habit : Epiphytic herb
  • Habitat : On tree trunks in evergreen broad-leaved forests; 700 - 2300 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Epiphytic, erect herbs; Stems covered with old sheathes; Leaves many, narrowly oblong, conduplicate, unequally bilobed at apex; Flowers in axillary, 2-5 flowered raceme, greenish or yellowish, Lip 3-lobed with infundibuliform spur, green with purplish-brown blotches; Capsules clavate.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 234
    • Kumar P. et. al., (2008). Orchidaceae, Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India. Check List 4(3): 304–323
    • Jalal J.S. and Jayanthi J., (2015)
    • AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE ORCHIDS OF WESTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA. LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7-50
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 165
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vanda cristata. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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