About Long-Lipped Zeuxine
Zeuxine longilabris is a terrestrial orchid species belonging to the family Orchidaceae. It is seen across Indo-Malesia. It is a slender, small sized plant with lower creeping stem and an erect part growing up to 25cm. Flowers are white with coarsely toothed petals. Flowering season is late fall to early winter.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Zeuxine longilabris
- Genus
- Zeuxine
- Family
- ORCHIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen, shola and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- തുമ്പപ്പൂ ഓർക്കിഡ്
Botanical family
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Long-Lipped Zeuxine belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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