About Coloured Smithsonia
Smithsonia straminea, commonly known as the straw-colored smithsonia, is a small 4–9 cm (1.6–3.5 in) growing epiphytic orchid native to the Western Ghats of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and rarely Kerala in India.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Smithsonia straminea
- Genus
- Smithsonia
- Family
- ORCHIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Coloured Smithsonia belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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