Pleione grandiflora (Rolfe) Rolfe

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Coelogyne grandiflora Rolfe; Pleione barbarae Braem; Pleione braemii Pinkep.; Pleione harberdii Braem; Pleione moelleri Braem; Pleione mohrii Braem; Pleione pinkepankii Braem & H.Mohr
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pleione grandiflora (Rolfe) Rolfe
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Terrestrial or lithophytic in temperate to subalpine forest; 2600 - 2900 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Growing on mossy cliffs and boulders
  • Key identification features : Dorsal sepal 50-55 mm; lamellae on lip lacerate
  • Flower, Fruit : April-May
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : China, India, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Uttarakhand, China (South Yunnan) to North-West 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: 233
    • 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
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pleione grandiflora. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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