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Vanda thwaitesii
Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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September-April
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Distribution
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India and Sri Lanka
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Evergreen forests
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Key
botanical characters:
Stem stout, woody, to 25 cm high, covered with
leaf base. Leaves 12-15 x 1.5-2 cm, strap-shaped, recurved, unequally notched
at apex. Flowers greyish-green, 4 x 3.5 cm, in 9-10 cm long leaf-opposed
racemes; dorsal sepal 21 x 11 mm, obovate, obtuse, margins wavy, 7-veined;
lateral sepals 23 x 13 mm, elliptic, subacute, obtuse, margins wavy,
9-veined; petals 21 x 11 mm, obovate, obtuse, margins wavy, 7-veined; lip 20
x 18-20 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes 9 x 2-2.5 mm, oblong, lanceolate, acute,
curved downwards; midlobe 15 x 13 mm, fleshy, broadly ovate, truncate at
apex; lobules obtuse; medianly grooved; 2 bilobed calli at the mouth of the
spur; spur 10 x 4-6 mm, conical, inflated, keeled, rounded.
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