Calanthe sylvatica

Species of the Month – October 2013 Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. Calanthe R. Brown A genus of around one hundred eighty sympodial terrestrials or rare epiphytes. The genus gets its name from Greek for beautiful and flower. There are twenty five species distributed across India and of which three are recorded from South India. This … Continue reading Calanthe sylvatica