Odontochilus poilanei (Gagnep.) Ormerod – a new report for India from the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Odontochilus poilanei (Gagnep.) Ormerod – a new report for India from the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Odontochilus poilanei
Odontochilus poilanei

Holomycotrophic. Plants 20-35 cm. Rhizome cylindric, long, stout, with wartlike outgrowths. Stem cylindric, stout, hispidulous, enveloped in sheathing scales. Leafless. Rachis 7-22 flowered, fragrant, non-resupinate. Sepals unequal, abaxially hispidulous, apex acute; dorsal ovate-lanceolate, 0.5-0.7 X 0.2 cm; lateral oblanceolate-obovate, 1-1.5 X 0.3-0.5 cm, oblique, falcate. Petals linear-lanceolate, as long as dorsal sepal, dimidiate, falcate, apex subacute. Lip longer than lateral sepals; base shallowly saccate; claw with 12-17 pairs of short fimbria; apex 2-lobed, lobes diverging at an obtuse angle, lobules ovate-obovate, margin incised, apex subtruncate. Floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, shorter than ovary.

5400-6100 ft; September; Extremely rare.

Arunachal Pradesh.

Odontochilus poilanei
Odontochilus poilanei
Odontochilus poilanei
Odontochilus poilanei