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New Records of Orchids from Andaman Islands


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Port Blair, India
 

This paper describes and records 4 new records for India, namely Bulbophyllum lilacinum Ridl., Coelogyne thailandica Seidenf., Dendrobium indragiriense Schlectr. and Phraelia secunda (Bl.) Lindl. with illustrations for the first two species. Three new records for these islands, namely Ascocentrum ampullaceum (Roxb.) Schlectr., Porpax meirax (Par. & Reichb. f.) King & Prantl. and Thunia alba (Lindl.) Reichb. f. are also reported and described.
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N. P. Balakrishnan
Botanical Survey of India, Port Blair, India
N. G. Nair
Botanical Survey of India, Port Blair, India

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This paper describes and records 4 new records for India, namely Bulbophyllum lilacinum Ridl., Coelogyne thailandica Seidenf., Dendrobium indragiriense Schlectr. and Phraelia secunda (Bl.) Lindl. with illustrations for the first two species. Three new records for these islands, namely Ascocentrum ampullaceum (Roxb.) Schlectr., Porpax meirax (Par. & Reichb. f.) King & Prantl. and Thunia alba (Lindl.) Reichb. f. are also reported and described.