- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(ORCHID FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
- Species : Pholidota pallida
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pholidota pallida Lindl.
- Key identification features : Epiphytic pseudobulbs bulbus herb, pendulous. Bulbs ovate-cylindrical. Leaf single, elliptic-lanceolate, acute at apex, basally 3-nerved, narrowing in to petiole. Inflorescence arise at top of the pseudobulb, pendulous. Flowers 2-3 mm long, enclosed in persistent floral bracts.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : August-May
- Comments : Occasional on hills above 1200 m, in shade of shola forests on trees.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Dhenkanal district, Malayagiri Hills (Keonjhar district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Andaman Island (India), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Indo-China, Pacific Islands, Australia
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Pholidota pallida. Downloaded on 9 May 2024.
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