This is a typical royleana, with uniformly purple, rather small, closed,
and hanging flowers, with the seed pods often swollen up (due to
self-pollination?); see http://www.orchidspecies.com/epiproyleana.htm
<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orchidspecies.com%2Fepiproyleana.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFHLB-EARTmCoBTiCs71KrdE80snQ>,
etc.
and
https://www.phytesia-orchids.com/nl/epipactis/15-epipactis-royleana--603161361524.html
.
Epipactis gigantea only grows in western USA and looks quite different.
Best,
Pieter Prins
On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 2:33:38 PM UTC+2, D.S Rawat wrote:
>
> This wild ground orchid was shot in Munsyari (Uttarakhand) area at an
> elevation of 2250m, growing with other herbage on a slope.
>
> *Epipactis gigantea* Dougl. ex Lindl. and *Epipactis royleana* Royle ex
> Lindl. are two close possibilities. Some literature indicates them as same
> species but TPL 2013 considers them as separate.
> DSRawat Pantnagar
> Dr D.S.Rawat
> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture &
> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA
>
>
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