Vanda pumila Hook.f.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Basionym : Trudelia pumila (Hook.f.) Senghas
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vanda flavobrunnea Rchb.f.
  • Habit : Epiphytic herb
  • Habitat : On tree trunks in subtropical forest; 500 - 1800 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Epiphytic herbs; Stems stout, covered with old sheaths; Leaves narrowly oblong, conduplicate, bilobed at apex; Flowers in axillary, 2-5 flowered raceme, yellowish, fragrant. Lip 3-lobed with infundibuliform sac; apical lobe large, broadly ovate, fleshy, yellow with red dashes.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-June
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, 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 pumila. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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