Grass Orchid
Eulophia spectabilis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- May-August
How to identify Grass Orchid
Identify Grass 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.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Grass Orchid.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eulophia spectabilis
- Genus
- Eulophia
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-August
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Grass Orchid itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- বন সিঙাড়া, বুধুয়ার
About Grass Orchid
Grass Orchid (Eulophia spectabilis) belongs to the Orchidaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 1 other states. It grows in grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from May to August.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Grass Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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