Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Anthogonium
Species: A.
gracile
Binomial name: Anthogonium gracile Wall. ex Lindl. (1836).
Other Names: Slender
Anthogonium, Anthogonium griffithii, Anthogonium corydaloides
Special feature: Anthogonium is a genus of
orchids. At the present time (May 2014), only one species is recognized, i.e.,
Anthogonium gracile found in India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar,
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Guangxi, Guizhou, Tibet, and
Yunnan.(Source: Wikipedia)
Slender
Anthogonium is a deciduous, miniature to medium sized terrestrial orchid found
in eastern Himalayas in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests. The
plants have ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 1-3, deciduous, stalked, narrowly
lance-shaped leaves. The plant blooms in fall season on an erect, slender, very
long (up to 45 cm), branched or simple, raceme with 10-12 flowers that do not
open well. The flowers are pink-purple in color and a strongly remind of
Corydalis.
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