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The hooded orchid

Local Name	:	The hooded orchid
Botanical Name	:	Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch.
Common Name	:	The hooded orchid
Family	:	Orchidaceae
Distribution	:	The species is distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, South China, India. In India it is distributed in Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, etc.
Habit	:	Epiphyte
Short Description	:	It is an epiphytic orchid with long, pendulous stems and fragrant pinkish-violet flowers.

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Descriptions

It is an epiphytic herb with sheath internodes and terete stem. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile, distichous, acuminate apex. Inflorescence racemose, lateral for terminal. Flower fragrant, pale violet, lip margins crenulate, broadly suborbicular.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

February-October

Use(s)

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a houseplant.