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Conchidium muscicola
Synonym
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Eria muscicola
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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October-March
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Distribution
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India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos
and Vietnam
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Palakkad,
Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Habitat
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Evergreen broad-leaved forests on
trees or rocks at elevations of 1000 to 3000 meters
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Key
botanical characters:
Epiphyte or lithophyte with caespitose,
depressed globose, reticulate pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, oblanceolate,
apiculate, shortly petiolate leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a
terminal, erect, glabrous, racemose, secund, 1.25" [3.2 cm] long, 3 to 6
flowered inflorescence with 1 to 2 ovate-lanceolate, acute sheaths and
lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts.
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