Plant in situ India Photos by © Dinesh Valke and His Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Common Name The Spiked Peristylus

Flower Size

Found in Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Myanamar where it blooms in the summer

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms Habenaria aristata (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1885; Peristylus exilis Wight 1851

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Habenaria aristata drawing not = H tipulifera; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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