| Rhynchostylis retusa |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Order: |
Asparagales |
| Family: |
Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Epidendroideae |
| Subtribe: |
Aeridinae |
| Genus: |
Rhynchostylis |
| Species: |
R. retusa |
| Binomial name |
Rhynchostylis retusa
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| Synonyms |
- Epidendrum retusum L. (basionym)
- Aerides guttata (Lindl.) Roxb.
- Aerides praemorsa Willd.
- Aerides retusa (L.) Sw.
- Aerides spicata D.Don
- Aerides undulata Sm.
- Anota violacea (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
- Epidendrum hippium Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Epidendrum indicum Poir.
- Gastrochilus blumei (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus garwalicus (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus praemorsus (Willd.) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus retusus (L.) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus rheedei (Wight) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus spicatus (D.Don) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus violaceus (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
- Limodorum retusum (L.) Sw.
- Orchis lanigera Blanco
- Rhynchostylis albiflora I.Barua & Bora
- Rhynchostylis garwalica (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Rhynchostylis guttata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Rhynchostylis praemorsa (Willd.) Blume
- Rhynchostylis retusa f. albiflora (I.Barua & Bora) Christenson
- Rhynchostylis violacea Rchb.f.
- Saccolabium blumei Lindl.
- Saccolabium garwalicum Lindl.
- Saccolabium guttatum (Lindl.) Lindl. ex Wall.
- Saccolabium heathii auct.
- Saccolabium macrostachyum Lindl.
- Saccolabium praemorsum (Willd.) Lindl.
- Saccolabium retusum (L.) Voigt
- Saccolabium rheedei Wight
- Saccolabium spicatum (D.Don) Lindl.
- Saccolabium violaceum Rchb.f.
- Sarcanthus guttatus Lindl.
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Rhynchostylis retusa (also called foxtail orchid) is an orchid belonging to the Vanda alliance. The inflorescence is a pendant raceme, consisting of more than 100 pink-spotted white flowers. The plant has a short, stout, creeping stem carrying up to 12, curved, fleshy, deeply channeled, keeled, retuse apically leaves and blooms on an axillary pendant to 60 cm (24 in) long, racemose, densely flowered, cylindrical inflorescence that occurs in the winter and early spring.