✿Orchidaceae · Gastrochilus
Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid
Gastrochilus pulchellus
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gastrochilus pulchellus
- Genus
- Gastrochilus
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Odisha, Ladakh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Haryana, Puducherry, Tripura, Chandigarh
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid
Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid (Gastrochilus pulchellus) belongs to the Orchidaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and 31 other states.
Botanical family
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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