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Dendrobium anceps
Synonym
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Aporum anceps
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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April
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Distribution
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Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Thailand, India
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Distribution
in kerala
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Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode
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Habitat
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Tropical forests, at an altitude between 1200 to 2800 ft.
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IUCN Status
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Rare
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Key
botanical characters:
Epiphyte. Stems erect, compressed and as
long as 15 to 30 cm and 1 to 2 cm in width. Leaves shortly ensiform,
coriaceous, lanceolate, acute with overlapping (equitant) bases, 2 to 4 cm
long and 1 to 2 cm in width. Flowers axillary and produced singly on small
floral bracts, lateral. Flowers 2 cm across, greenish yellow with reddish
brown markings and shades on the disc of the lip and its underside. Sepals
unequal, elliptic, obtuse with the lateral ones clasped together at the base
and much larger than the dorsal. Petals much narrower than the sepals,
spreading, elliptic and blunt. Lip oblong, slightly decurved, the edges
entire in the lower portion and crisped in the upper part
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