{"id":100626,"date":"2026-04-28T13:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=100626"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:09:03","slug":"eulophia-picta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eulophia-picta\/","title":{"rendered":"Eulophia picta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Eulophia picta Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists recently identified a rare orchid species, Eulophia picta, in central Andhra Pradesh, marking the first recorded presence of this species in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Eulophia picta<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>medium-to-small<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hot-growing <\/span><b>terrestrial orchid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is commonly known as <\/span><b>Nodding Swamp Orchid or pink nodding orchid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Habitat and Distribution:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found from <\/span><b>India to Southeast Asia to Australia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>moist grasslands, sandy areas behind beaches, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>rainforests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also found in <\/span><b>semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at elevations up to 1000 m, <\/span><b>with underground, spherical pseudobulbs.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A distinctive <\/span><b>leafy species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with three to five broad, smooth, ribbed leaves<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and up to 20 <\/span><b>pale pink, rarely white flowers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>flowers do not open <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but remain as a tube.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The distinctive inflorescence is hooked like a shepherd&#8217;s crook when plants are flowering but straightens as the prominently ribbed seed capsules develop.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>thrives in full sun to partial shade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making it versatile for various garden settings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehansindia.com\/andhra-pradesh\/rare-orchid-species-discovered-1069865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>HANS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eulophia picta is a medium-to-small, hot-growing terrestrial orchid. 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