Aerides maculosa Lindl.
Aerides maculosa Lindl.
Aerides maculosa Lindl.
Aerides maculosa Lindl.
MO001 : Aerides maculosa Lindl.
| Plant Category | : | Orchid |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 490 |
| Synonym | : | Aerides illustris Rchb.f.;
Aerides maculosa var. schroederi (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent.;
Aerides schroederi Rchb.f.;
Gastrochilus speciosus (Wight) Kuntze.;
Saccolabium speciosum Wight; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Banda, Fox Brush Orchid, Cat's-tail Orchid • Marathi: Thipke irid amri • Kannada: Drupadi Pushpa |
| Plant Family | : | Orchidaceae |
| Description | : | Woody, stout herbs up to 5-6 cm long. Leaves 7-8 x 1-1.5 cm, oblong, keeled, obliquely obtuse with a short mucro. Inflorescence much longer than leaves. Flowers pinkish violet, 1 x 1 cm, in about 10 cm long, axillary racemes. Sepals subsimilar, 10 x 10 mm, ovate, obtuse. Petals 10 x 5 mm, oblong, obtuse. Lip 15 x 15 mm, three lobed, deep pinkish violet with a callus on the disc and crenulate margin; side lobes small, midlobe ovate, emarginated. Spur 10 x 2 mm, cylindrical. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Restricted to Semadoh, Raipur |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common, Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve.
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fox%20Brush%20Orchid.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/244133
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262007934_Orchid_wealth_of_Andhra_Pradesh_India |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Asparagales |
| Family | : Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
| Genus | : Aerides |
| Species | : Aerides maculosa Lindl. |