Rhynchostylis retusa :: State Flower of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,

Rhynchostylis retusa is the State Flower of two states in India, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

কপৌ-ফুল kopou phool is its name in Assamese.

Failed to find any mention of its local name in Arunachal Pradesh ... perhaps because there are too many languages prevalent there.
Yet will be glad to know of any common name (other than foxtail orchid).
For instance, sita pushpa, draupadi pushpa are mentioned in web pages related to orchids of the state, though not clearly.


Regards.
Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please.

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[Ritesh]

Dear Sir,

Arunachal Pradesh is blessed with a cultural diversity of more than 30
major tribes and most of them are also good at speaking Assamese
language. Most of the times, its a connecting language between people
belonging from two different communities.

The most popular name for Rhynchostylis retusa in Arunachal is Kopou
phool only. However, there are many other local names used by
different indigenous communities.

Regards,
Ritesh.

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

I think Ritesh is right. I have not heard of any other name for this
other than Kopou
phool...
Pankaj

[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks for validating this common name, Ritesh ji and Pankaj.
Just came in after being out in the wild for two days.

Regards.
Dinesh.