Androcorys josephi (Rchb.f.) Agrawala & H.J.Chowdhery 2010

Photo by © Pankaj Kumar and The Flowers of India Website

Plant and Flowers

Photo by © Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi and AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE ORCHIDS OF WESTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. 2015

Part Sun Warm Cool Fall

Common Name Joseph’s Androcorys

Flower Size

Found in the Chinese Himalayas, the western Himalayas, Nepal and the eastern Himalayas in subalpine areas at elevations around 3000 to 4000 meters as a cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the summer

Synonyms Herminium duthiei Hook.f. 1890; Herminium forrestii Schltr. 1912; Herminium grandiflorum Lindl. ex Hook.f. 1890; *Herminium josephi Rchb.f. 1872; Monorchis duthiei (Hook.f.) O.Schwarz 1949; Monorchis forrestii (Schltr.) O.Schwarz 1949; Monorchis josephi (Rchb.f.) O.Schwarz 1949; Peristylus duthiei (Hook.f.) Deva & H.B.Naithani 1986

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015 photo fide

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