- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
- Synonym(s) : Pomatocalpa mannii (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.; Cleisostoma mannii Rchb.f.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pomatocalpa spicatum Breda
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Epiphyte
- Key identification features : Epiphytic herbs with very short stems; Leaves crowded, oblong, obliquely bilobed at apex; Flowers in axillary, branched raceme, yellowish with a pinkish tinge, Lip. 3 -lobed; apical lobe with two bright red dots; spur subglobose; Capsules narrowly oblong.
- Flower, Fruit : February-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Araku valley (Vishakapatnam district)
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Assam : Assam
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bhutan, Borneo, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bhutan, Borneo, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 150-151
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pomatocalpa spicatum. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.
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