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The hooded orchid 
| Local Name |
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The hooded orchid |
| Botanical Name |
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Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. |
| Common Name |
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The hooded orchid |
| Family |
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Orchidaceae |
| Distribution |
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The species is distributed in Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Nepal, South China, India. In India it is distributed
in Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal
Pradesh, etc. |
| Habit |
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Epiphyte |
| Short Description |
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It is an epiphytic orchid with long, pendulous stems and fragrant pinkish-violet flowers. |
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Descriptions
It is an epiphytic herb with sheath internodes and terete stem. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile, distichous, acuminate apex. Inflorescence racemose, lateral for terminal. Flower fragrant, pale violet, lip margins crenulate, broadly suborbicular.
Flowering & Fruiting Period
February-October
Use(s)
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a houseplant.
