Pecteilis gigantea

Butterfly orchid or Lady Susan's orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Pecteilis
Species:
P. gigantea
Binomial name
Pecteilis gigantea
Synonyms
  • Habenaria susannae
  • Habenaria gigantea
  • Orchis gigantea
  • Platanthera gigantea

Pecteilis gigantea is fragrant orchid species found in hilly evergreen forests in India at height 1800 ft. above sea level, and also extending up the Western Himalayas into Pakistan.

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