About Foxtail Orchid
Rhynchostylis retusa (also called foxtail orchid) is an orchid belonging to the Vanda alliance. The inflorescence is a pendant raceme, consisting of more than 100 pink-spotted white flowers. The plant has a short, stout, creeping stem carrying up to 12, curved, fleshy, deeply channeled, keeled, retuse apically leaves and blooms on an axillary pendant to 60 cm (24 in) long, racemose, densely flowered, cylindrical inflorescence that occurs in the winter and early spring.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rhynchostylis retusa
- Genus
- Rhynchostylis
- Family
- ORCHIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Myanmar, Malay-peninsula, Cambodia, Indonesia, Java, Sri Lanka, Philippines
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- द्रौपदी माला Draupadi Mala, द्रौपदी माला
- Nepali
- घोडे गाभा Ghode Gaabhaa, थुर Thur, घोगे गावा
- Bengali
- কপৌ ফুল Kopou Phool, কপৌ ফুল
- Tamil
- துரோபதை மாலை Dropathai Maalai
- Telugu
- చింతరణం Chintaranam, చింతరణం
- Kannada
- ದ್ರೌಪದಿ ಮಾಲೆ Draupadi Maale, ಸೀತಾ ದಂಡೆ Seetha Dande
- Malayalam
- അണ്ണാൻ താളി Annaan Thaali, അണ്ണാൻ വാലൻ Annaan Vaalan, ആഞ്ഞിലി മരവാഴ Anjili Maravaazha
- Marathi
- गजरा Gajara, पणस केळी Panas Keli, सीतेची वेणी Seetechi Veni
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Foxtail Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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