• Family : Orchidaceae
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
• Synonym(s) : Calanthe amoena W.W.Sm.; Calanthe lepida W.W.Sm.; Calanthe okushirensis Miyabe & Tatew.; Calanthe puberula var. formosana (Murata) M.Hiroe; Calanthe puberula var. okushirensis (Miyabe & Tatew.) M.Hiroe; Calanthe puberula var. reflexa (Maxim.) M.Hiroe; Calanthe reflexa Maxim.; Calanthe similis Schltr.; Paracalanthe reflexa (Maxim.) Kudô
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Calanthe puberula Lindl.
• Common name : Hairy Calanthe
• Habit : Epiphyte
• Key identification features : Leaves unequal, Lower ones hardly more than a sheath. Tepals pale lavender. Spur absent. Mid lobe of lib pointed at the end
• Flower, Fruit : May-August
• Distribution :
  • Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district,Shimla district
• Native : Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• Literature : Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 271
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Calanthe puberula. Downloaded on 28 June 2022.

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