ORCHIDACEAE Fortnight: Dactylorhiza hatagirea from Uttarakhand DSR

D.S Rawat

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Oct 11, 2013, 6:07:16 AM10/11/13

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Dactylorhiza hatagirea is a common alpine ground orchid reaching up to an altitude of 4200m in Uttarakhand. Hand shaped tubers are medicinal and it is much exploited from nature.

Shot in fruiting stage in Valley of Flowers.

DSRawat Pantnagar

D.hatagirea_Fruiting_DSR.JPG

Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 11, 2013, 7:56:25 AM10/11/13

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Not so easy to confirm in this condition, it can be Gymnadenia too.
Pankaj

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