Pecteilis gigantea

Butterfly Orchid or Lady Susan's Orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Pecteilis
Species: P. gigantea
Binomial name
Pecteilis gigantea
(Thunb.) Raf.
Synonyms
  • Habenaria susannae
  • Habenaria gigantea
  • Orchis gigantea
  • Platanthera gigantea

Pecteilis gigantea is fragrance orchid species found in hilly evergreen forest in India at height 1800 ft. above sea level. Locally called waghchora in Marathi.


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