766
Trias stocksii
Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering and fruiting period
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December-January
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Distribution
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Southern
Western Ghats
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Distribution in Kerala
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Wayanad,
Kollam, Idukki, , Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Evergreen
forests
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Key botanical characters:
Pseudobulb subglobose, 1.5 x 1.5 cm, distantly placed on stout rhizome.
Leaves solitary, 2.5-3.5 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, acute with 5 mm long petiole.
Flowers pinkish, 2 or 3 from the base of the pseudobulb; dorsal sepal ovate,
obtuse, 7-veined; lateral sepals obliquely ovate, obtuse, 7-veined; petals
linear, apiculate; lip 4 x 1 mm, oblong, acute, fleshy, puberulus; column 3 x
1.5 mm; wing oblong, truncate; stelidia minute, pointing; foot 2.8 x 1.8-2
mm; operculum 2.5 x 0.8 mm, including 1.5 mm long prolongation.
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