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Vesak Orchid

වෙසක් මල வெசாக் ஆர்க்கிட்

Dendrobium maccarthiae

Endemic

Vesak Orchid
Probably Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. (this plate not signed), description by William Jackson Hooker (1785—1865) · Public domain

Overview

An endemic epiphytic orchid of the wet zone whose pale pink-mauve flowers appear around Vesak (May). Collecting it from the wild is illegal.

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