Pecteilis triflora (D.Don) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951
Photo by © Pankaj Kumar and the Flowers of India Website
Drawing by © J. D. Hooker and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
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Common Name The Three Flowered Pecteilis
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in the western Himalayas, Bangladesh, the eastern Himalayas and Nepal at elevations of 400 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with a stout stem carrying smaller and narrower above, imbricating, suberect leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a terminal, erect, elongating to 8" [20 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms *Habenaria triflora D.Don 1825; Habenaria uniflora Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don 1825; Orchis uniflora Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don 1825; Pecteilis candida (Lindl.) Schltr. 1919; Platanthera candida Lindl. 1835; Platanthera triflora (D.Don) Pradhan 1979; Platanthera triflora var. multiflora Pradhan 1979; Platanthera uniflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Lindl. 1835
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Century Of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hkr 1895 as Habenaria triflora drawing fide; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906 as Habenaria triflora drawing ok; Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as Platanthera triflora drawing fide; Indian Orchids A Guide to Identification & Culture Pradhan 1976 as Platanthera triflora var multiflora; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001 drawing fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 photo fide; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015
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