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Author Topic: Is this an orchid or a bulb? Another Sikkim mystery  (Read 902 times)

Claire Cockcroft

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Is this an orchid or a bulb? Another Sikkim mystery
« on: October 27, 2017, 11:57:47 PM »
I go back and forth, trying to identify a plant that was growing with Cypripedium himalaicum, Cypripedium elegans, a Herminium, and another unknown orchid.  The flowers weren't open.
Yabuk camp, 3990m, Sikkim
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Claire Cockcroft
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Re: Is this an orchid or a bulb? Another Sikkim mystery
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2017, 01:18:29 AM »
I found another picture, with the flowers out farther.
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Re: Is this an orchid or a bulb? Another Sikkim mystery
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2017, 05:51:51 AM »
Looks like Gymnadenia to me
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Re: Is this an orchid or a bulb? Another Sikkim mystery
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2017, 06:30:13 PM »
Thank you, Oron.  Gymnadenia orchidis was my first thought, but it wasn't listed in the reference books on Northern Sikkim that I consulted.  Looking further, I see it is quite possible to find it where I trekked.
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