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Oberonia chandrasekharanii
Synonym
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Oberonia rangannana
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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December-September
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Distribution
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Southern Western Ghats
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Wayanad, Idukki, Kottayam, Palakkad, Kannur,
Kollam, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Evergreen forests
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Endemic/Exotic
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Endemic to Southern
Western Ghats
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Key
botanical characters:
Leaves articulated, to 15 x 2 cm, ensiform, acute. Scape
flattened. Spike to 25 cm long, pendulous. Flowers greenish-yellow, 2 x 1 mm,
in verticils; bracts 2 x 1.3 mm, ovate, acute, denticulate, gland-dotted;
dorsal sepals ovate-obtuse; lateral sepals ovate, acute; petals linear,
truncate and denticulate at apex; lip 1.5 x 2 mm, semi-orbicular in outline,
3-lobed, papillose, gland dotted; lateral lobes auriculiform, folded upwards,
rounded the column by the proximal end; midlobe 2-lobuled with a broad sinus;
lobules orbicular; disc ovate, concave, sac like.
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