Gastrochilus Pechei

Gastrochilus pechei  Latest News

Recently, researchers discovered a new orchid plant in Vijoynagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

About Gastrochilus pechei 

• It is a new orchid plant belonging to the Gastrochilus  genus.
• Habitat: It flowers in September-October and thrives in moist, evergreen rainforest on small trees near riverbanks.
• The Gastrochilus pechei was known to bloom only in Myanmar. 
• Before the Vijoynagar find, 22 species of the Gastrochilus genus had been recorded from India. Of these, 15 are from Arunachal Pradesh.
• Arunachal Pradesh is often referred to as the Orchid State of India, boasts approximately 60% of the country’s varieties.
• First recorded in 1825, Gastrochilus is a monopodial orchid genus comprising 77 species widely distributed in tropical, subtropical, and temperate Asia.
• This genus is characterised by a short axillary inflorescence, often with brightly coloured flowers, a distinct epichile on the front of the saccate hypochile, and two porate, globose pollinia that are borne on a slender stipe.

Source: TH

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