Ceylon Luisia is an erect, clustered
orchid found growing on trees. Stem is up to 20 cm long. Leaves are
4-10 cm long, round in cross-section, pointed at tip, fleshy, sheathing
at base. Flowers are borne in condensed racemes, in leaf-axils. Flowers
are 2-4, 5-6 mm long, greenish-yellow with purple tinge, bracts 1.5-2 x
1-2 mm, oblong, blunt. Sepals are about 5 x 1.5 mm, oblong, blunt, tip
incurved. Petals are similar to sepals. Lip 4-6 mm long, oblong,
concave towards the base, trilobed with dark maroon horizontal bands,
mid-lobe rhomboid, larger than side lobes. Ovary about 2 mm long.
Fruits 1.5-3.5 cm long, oblong. Ceylon Luisia is found in
in South India, Himalayas and Andaman Islands. Flowering: March-August.
Identification credit: Ravee Bhat, Pankaj Kumar
Photographed in Tamil Nadu.
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