Endemic orchids of peninsular India: a review

Phenology and reintroduction strategies for Dendrobium aqueum Lindley – An endemic, near threatened orchid

“…Dendrobium is a large genus with 116 species in India of which 11 species are endemic to peninsular India, including the Western Ghats, Deccan Plateau and the Eastern Ghats (Jalal & Jayanthi 2012;Misra 2007). Dendrobium is noted for large flowers with a wide range of colors, size and shapes, year-round availability and a long flowering period of several weeks to months (Kuehnle 2007).…”

“…Dendrobium aqueum Lindley and D. ovatum Wall. ex Lindl (Jalal & Jayanthi 2012). Dendrobium aqueum is an epiphytic orchid of the Kolli hills and is distributed at an altitude of 1200 m on shola trees namely, Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.…”

A new species of Oberonia (Orchidaceae) from Western Ghats of Kerala, India

“…Till date, 68 species have been reported from India (Ansari and Balakrishnan 1990, Misra 2007, Narayanan et al 2010, Chowlu et al 2015, Chowlu and Rab 2017, and 31 of them are endemic to India. In the Western Ghats the genus is represented by about 30 species of which 17 are regional endemics while 13 species are strictly endemic to the Western Ghats (Jalal andJayanthi 2012, Nayar et al 2015). Oberonia species in general produce minute flowers and the floral and column characters get obscured in dried specimens.…”

Diversity of Phylloplane Fungi Associated with Habenaria foliosaA. Rich.(Orchidaceae) from bhandara and chandrapur districts of Maharashtra

“…Their demand in the floriculture market is only because of their beautiful flowers and potted plants [7]. They are distributed in diverse habitat with modified vegetative and floral structures [6].…”