Stream orchid (Appendicula pendula)

Stream orchid (Appendicula pendula) is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae, terrestrial orchids, leaves in rows on elongated stalks up to 100 cm long, sitting oppositely, alternately and green in color.

The leaves are elongated oval in shape, the upper side is shiny green, up to 10 cm long, up to 3 cm wide and with a sharp tip. Inflorescences in panicles at the ends of leaf stalks, radial, up to 10 cm long and hanging. The flowers are white.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Subtribe: Eriinae
Genus: Appendicula
Species: Appendicula pendula

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