Green Herringbone, a wild orchid explored in Khao Luang National Park

Researcher's version of the secret story...Known wild orchids. By the National Park Innovation Research and Development Center, Surat Thani Province, introduced to another wild orchid, that is, green herringbone.

This orchid is explored at Khao Luang National Park, Nakhon Si Thammarat, 550 to 1,500 meters above sea level. It is an orchid based on the top of a cough, a semi-aerial root, a round tree, a straight or curved curve.

The leaves are arranged alternately on a single plane, similar to a cylinder, may be straight or curved, with grooves throughout the length of the leaves, up to 11 centimeters long, with pointed leaf tips.

The inflorescence is 1-2 bouquets at a time, set up and then curved forward, not branched, up to 15 centimeters long, the flower gradually blooms to the end of the bouquet, the flower is 1 centimeter wide, the calyx and the petals are light yellow-green, the middle of the petals may or may not be pointed purple, the calyx on the ovate, the oval back, the double calyx on the side spread to the back, asymmetrical.

Spoon-shaped gamma-back oval petals, light purple mouth petals, atrophied ears, mouth set up, dark purple front edge and inward curve, thick plump mouth lobe tip, arrowhead shape curved up, slightly touchy end down, fainter edge in middle, light green pivot pointing down, tissue at base of convex white mouth lobe, short pollen shag, tip cut down concave, saddle-like

Found in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, Thailand, it is found along tropical rainforests, arid rainforests and montane forests in the north, northeast and south; the flowering period is between September - October.

Source: National Park Innovation Research and Development Center, Surat Thani Province, 4th Conservation Area Administration Bureau (Surat Thani)

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