About Giant Egret Flower
Pecteilis gigantea is fragrant orchid species found in hilly evergreen forests in India at height 1800 ft. above sea level, and also extending up the Western Himalayas into Pakistan.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pecteilis gigantea
- Genus
- Pecteilis
- Family
- ORCHIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കല്ലുചെടി
- Marathi
- वाघचोरा
Botanical family
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Giant Egret Flower belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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