This orchid Vanda tessellata is the only wildly-growing epiphyte I have seen in Odisha, india.....
One of the keystone plant species of central India Madhuca indica often harbors it.........
One of the keystone plant species of central India Madhuca indica often harbors it.........
Though the orchid flowers, I have never seen the blooms...
Learnt them this orchid has medicinal value as well (venom destroying etc.)...for its alkaloid, glucoside, tannins....
As antibiotics are falling ineffective and our drugs arsenal is depleting, potential of this orchid can be investigated....
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