Pteroceras teres

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Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum, Kew Bull. 14: 271 1960. (Syn: Aerides suaveolens Roxb.; Aerides teres (Blume) Lindl.; Dendrocolla teres Blume; Ornitharium striatulum Lindl. & Paxton; Pteroceras radicans Hassk.; Pteroceras suaveolens (Roxb.) Holttum; Pteroceras teres (Blume) Bakh. f.; Sarcochilus palawanensis Ames; Sarcochilus suaveolens (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Sarcochilus teres (Blume) Rchb.f.; Sarcochilus teres var. exinflatus J.J.Sm.; Thrixspermum teres (Blume) Rchb.f.);

Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand;

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Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum: Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum, Kew Bull. 14: 271 (1960).
Syn: Dendrocolla teres Blume, Bijdr.: 289 (1825).

Family: Orchidaceae
Location: Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
Distribution: Assam, Bangladesh, Eastern Himalaya, Nepal, Cambodia,
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Jawa, Phillipines, Sulawesi,
Sumatra, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands,
Altitude: ~800 - 1200m

Very strangely, orchids have spur and labellum separate. But in this genus, spur is actually inside the labellum....

Refrences:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-170425

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