On Sep 4, 3:26 pm, Prashant awale <
pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, fantastic.
> Thanks Shrikant ji for this post of Bahuli Habenaria.
> Regards
> Prashant
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> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar
> <
le...@rediffmail.com>wrote:
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> > A rare epiphytic orchid found on moss covered stems of old trees in
> > evergreen forests. Plant about 10-20 cm tall, leafy at base; leaves 2-3,
> > oblong, 5-15 cm. Flowers in short racemes 5-8 cm long on peduncles 10-20 cm
> > long. Bracts 1 cm. Capsules 3-4 cm. Possibly the only species of the genus
> > that is epiphytic (at least in NW Ghats), the rest being terrestrial.
> > Flowering presently along with terestrial Habenarias. Regards,
>
> > Shrikant Ingalhalikar
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