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Sirhookera latifolia
Synonym
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Josephia latifolia
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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August-November
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Distribution
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Wayanad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Palakkad, Kozhikode
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Habitat
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Shola, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Key botanical
characters:
Epiphytic stem less herbs. Leaves 13 x 3.5-4 cm, including
4-5 cm long; petiole, elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, subacute at
apex. Flowers white, in 20-25 cm long, compound racemes; branches slender;
dorsal sepal 3 x 2.9 mm, elliptic-obtuse, 3-veined; lateral sepals 3 x 1.5
mm, oblong, obtuse, 3-veined; petals 3 x 1 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse,
1-veined; lip 35 x 1.5-2 mm, panduriform, 3-lobed; lateral lobes short,
blunt; midlobe elliptic-oblong, bifid at apex.
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