Plant In Situ India Photos by © Dinesh Valke and His Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Common Name The Plantago-Like Peristylus

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Found in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka where it blooms in the summer

Synonyms Habenaria elata (Dalzell) Alston 1931; Habenaria goodyeroides Hook.1835; Habenaria wightii Trimen 1885; *Herminium plantagineum Lindl. 1832; Peristylus elatus Dalzell 1851

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007

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