Bamboo Orchid
Arundina graminifolia
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam & more
How to identify Bamboo Orchid
Identify Bamboo Orchid by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Grass-like leaves on a tall reed-like stem (bamboo orchid).
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bamboo Orchid.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Arundina graminifolia
- Genus
- Arundina
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Nagaland, West Bengal, Mizoram, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The plaited linear leaves are oblong lanceolate, with a length of 9 to 19 cm and a width of 0.8 to 1.5 cm.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bamboo Orchid itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“They bloom in succession on the terminal racemes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“graminifolia is pollinator dependent, and requires pollination to produce capsules.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bamboo Orchid itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- নল-রাস্না, বাঁশ অর্কিড
About Bamboo Orchid
Bamboo Orchid (Arundina graminifolia) is a herb in the Orchidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam and 11 other states.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Bamboo Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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