Malayan Ground Orchid
Spathoglottis plicata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Malayan Ground Orchid
Identify Malayan Ground 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Pleated leaves, purple ground-orchid flowers.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Assam, Maharashtra, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Malayan Ground Orchid.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Spathoglottis plicata
- Genus
- Spathoglottis
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Garden Plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Malaysia
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruit is a capsule about 3 mm (0.1 in) long, green and cylindrical.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malayan Ground Orchid itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- ফিলিপাইন ভুঁই অর্কিড
About Malayan Ground Orchid
Malayan ground Orchid (Spathoglottis plicata) is a herb in the Orchidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Assam, Maharashtra and 5 other states. It grows in garden Plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Malayan Ground Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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