Pennilabium proboscidcum A.S.Rao & J.Joseph 1969

Another Angle of Flower

Side View of Flower Photos by © Nitade Chula

Summer

Common Name The Nosed Pennilabium

Flower Size

Found in the Eastern Himalayas, Assam and Thailand where it blooms in the summer

CAUTION From what I can gather from the scant information that there is, the difference between this species and P struthio is this one has hirsute apices of the petals and P struthio does not, otherwise they are very similar.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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