orchidarium
the orchidarium was set up by the forest department of kerala asociation with
the united nations developemnt programme in 2021.
There are over
25000 species of plants under 1000 genera in the family orchidaceae. they are
popularly called orchids. They are terrestial and epiphytes.
Location
Locate in idduki district of kerala state in india.
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about orchidarium
India has around 1300 species of orchids in 84 genera, kerala has about 230
species.
around 60 percent of indian orchids are epiphytes, others are
saprophytes. There are around 70 species of orchids in the ENP.
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orchids in idukki india
Aerides crispa
Aerides ringens
. Anoectochilus elatus
Brachycorythis
iantha
Brachycorythis splendida
. Brachycorythis wightii
Bulbophyllum
aureoflavum
Bulbophyllum fischeri
. Bulbophyllum fuscopurpureum
Bulbophyllum kaitiense
. Calanthe sylvatica
. Calanthe triplicata
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Cheirostylis flabellata
Coelogyne breviscapa
. Coelogyne breviscapa
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Coelogyne mossiae
Coelogyne nervosa
. Conchidium braccatum
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Conchidium microchilos
. Dendrobium anamalayanum
. Dendrobium aqueum
Dendrobium herbaceum
Dendrobium heterocarpum
Dendrobium heyneanum
Dendrobium jerdonianum
Disperis neilgherrensis
Eria pauciflora
. Eria
pseudoclavicaulis
Gastrochilus acaulis
Habenaria elliptica
Habenaria
heyneana
Habenaria longicorniculata
Habenaria perrottetiana
Liparis
atropurpurea
. Liparis elliptica
Liparis wightiana
Luisia tenuifolia
. Malaxis versicolor
Oberonia anamalayana
Oberonia brunoniana
Oberonia sebastiana
Oberonia verticillata
. Papilionanthe subulata
Peristylus aristatus
Peristylus densus
Peristylus richardianus
Pholidota imbricata
Pinalia mysorensis
Pinalia polystachya
. Porpax
jerdoniana
. Satyrium nepalense
. Schoenorchis nivea
Seidenfadeniella
filiformis
. Sirhookera lanceolata
Sirhookera latifolia
Tainia
bicornis
Trichoglottis tenera
. Xenikophyton smeeanum
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orchids in India
rare orchid species are brachycorythis splendida, Brachycorythis wightii,
Bulbopyllum kaitiense.
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