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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MO001 : Aerides maculosa Lindl.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 490  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Asparagales
Family : Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Genus : Aerides
Species : Aerides maculosa Lindl.
Plant Location in Melghat : Restricted to Semadoh, Raipur  
Plant Category : Orchid  
Plant's Current Status : UNCOMMON, Endemic  
Plant Family : Orchidaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : K- Banda, Fox Brush Orchid, Cat's-tail Orchid • Marathi: Thipke irid amri • Kannada: Drupadi Pushpa
 
Synonym : Aerides illustris Rchb.f.
Aerides maculosa var. schroederi (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent.
Aerides schroederi Rchb.f.
Gastrochilus speciosus (Wight) Kuntze.
Saccolabium speciosum Wight
Description : Woody, stout herbs up to 5-6 cm long. Leaves 7-8 x 1-1.5 cm, oblong, keeled, obliquely obtuse with a short mucro. Inflorescence much longer than leaves. Flowers pinkish violet, 1 x 1 cm, in about 10 cm long, axillary racemes. Sepals subsimilar, 10 x 10 mm, ovate, obtuse. Petals 10 x 5 mm, oblong, obtuse. Lip 15 x 15 mm, three lobed, deep pinkish violet with a callus on the disc and crenulate margin; side lobes small, midlobe ovate, emarginated. Spur 10 x 2 mm, cylindrical.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :