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Surrounded column orchid

Peristylus

Surrounded column orchid
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid

About

Peristylus, sometimes commonly known as ogre orchids or bog orchids is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of over 100 known species found across much of eastern and southern Asia as well as in Australia and on many islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Where it grows

Orchids in the genus Peristylus are found in Japan, China, Mongolia, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, New Guinea, Polynesia and Australia.

Other Peristylus plants

Yellow ogre orchid · Peristylus biermannianus · Green ogre orchid · Peristylus constrictus · Hawaii bog orchid · White ogre orchid

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peristylus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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