Oreorchis foliosa var. indica

 
Distribution: Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan), Taiwan 
 
 
 
 
 
Valley of Flowers National Park, Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve;

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VoF Week: Orchidaceae - Oreorchis foliosa var. indica (Lindl.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb:
Oreorchis foliosa var. indica (Lindl.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb, J. Orchid Soc. India 10: 5 (1996).
Synonyms:
Corallorhiza indica Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 26 (1858).
Oreorchis indica (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 709 (1890).
Tainia gokanzanensis Masam., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 38 (1937).
Distribution: China, Taiwan, India, Tibet, Nepal
Current pic taken between Ghagharia and VoF
This is also on the sides of the trail in the bushes in the begining of the enterance. Just after crossing the bridge you can see lot of these....
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Oreorchis foliosa var. indica (Lindl.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb (=Oreorchis indica Lindl.; Oreorchis indica (Lindl.) Hook.f. is a temperate ground orchid.

1997 IUCN Redlist mentioned it as ‘Indeterminate’

Photographed in Sunderdhunga valley of Uttarakhand.


Beautiful orchid and thanks so much for sharing. 
 
 
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Oreorchis foliosa var. indica (Lindl.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb, J. Orchid Soc. India 10: 5 (1996).

Synonyms:
Corallorhiza indica Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 26 (1858).
Oreorchis indica (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 709 (1890).
Tainia gokanzanensis Masam., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 38 (1937).

Distribution: Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan), Taiwan
So beautiful and Tiny Orchid......
not tiny....... up to 30 cm tall.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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