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Rhynchostylis
Rhynchostylis (abbreviated Rhy in the horticultural trade) is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), closely allied to the genus Vanda (from which it differs in the one-lobed lip of the flower) and comprising four currently accepted species native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The name consists of a compound of two Greek elements : rhynchos 'beak' and stylis 'column' - in reference to the very boad, fleshy column of the...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Foxtail Orchid
speciesRhynchostylis retusa
Rhynchostylis gigantea
speciesRhynchostylis gigantea
Rhynchostylis coelestis
speciesRhynchostylis coelestis
Rhynchostylis cymifera
speciesRhynchostylis cymifera
Rhynchostylis rieferi
speciesRhynchostylis rieferi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 425779.