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Crepidium purpureum (Lindl.) Szlach. 1995

Orchid ID: AR00214

Classification

Family: Orchidaceae
Sub-Family: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Malaxideae
Sub-Tribe: Malaxidinae
Genus: Crepidium
Species: purpureum
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Basic Details

Common Name:
Vernacular Name(s): In China Shen Lie Zhao Lan.
Synonym(s): Malaxis purpurea (Lindle.) Kuntze 1891; Micrstylis purpurea Lindl. 1830; Microstylis wallichii var. biloba King & Pantl. 1898; Malaxis rizalensis Ames 1911; Crepidium liparidioides Tang & F. T. Wang 1951; Crepidium rizalense (Ames) M. A. Clem. & D. L. Jones.
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Reference(s): Orchid Flora of Arunachal Pradesh H. J. Chowdhery 1998; Orchids of Arunachal Pradesh S. N. Hegde 1984; Orchids of Ziro Arunachal Pradesh Naresh Swami; Terrestrial Orchids Naresh Swami; www.theplantlist.org; www.orchidspecies.com; www.efloras.org.http://indiabiodiversity.org.

Ecology

Habit: Sympodial
Habitat: Terrestrial
Altitude: Min: 400 m Max: 1800 m
Latitude: From 0° 0' 0" N To 0° 0' 0" N
Longitude: From 0° 0' 0" E To 0° 0' 0" E
Flowering Period Start: JUNE
Flowering Period End: JULY
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Germplasm Availability

State: Arunachal Pradesh
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In Wild: No
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Distribution

Forest Type: Sub-tropical forest
Tropical forest
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Salient Morphology

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Inflorescence: Raceme
Flower Size: 5-8 mm across
Flower Color: Red or occasionally pale yellow
Season of Flower: Spring, Summer

Uses

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