Spathoglottis plicata Blume
Ground Orchid / Lamba orkid (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial or terrestrial herb that can reach up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are simple, thin, pleated, strap-like and forming a rosette. Leaf blade is lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, acuminate at apex, attenuate or cuneate at base with entire margin and parallel venation. Pseudobulbs are crowded along the rhizomes and enclosed in sheaths. Scapes or stem-like flowering stalks are hairy. Flowers are many flowered, dark purple to pale pink or rarely white. Inflorescence in clusters arising from the terminal branch. Fruit a brown ovoid capsule that is covered
In South east Asia, the juice from young shoots is used against herpes, while the ash of burned Nipa material is used against toothache and headache. The flower sheaths can also be made into an aromatic tea. The plant exhibits
It thrives in open forests and sometimes on boulders under full sunlight to deep shade. It prefers dry soil.
Tuber, rhizome and pseudobulb division.
Native to Australia, India, Southeastern Asia, and Pacific Islands.
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