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Spathoglottis plicata
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Spathoglottis plicata

Spathoglottis plicata, commonly known as the Philippine ground orchid, or large purple orchid is an evergreen, terrestrial plant with crowded pseudobulbs, three or four large, pleated leaves and up to forty resupinate, pink to purple flowers. It is found from tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia and the western Pacific including Tonga and Samoa.

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9 branches of this group, most-observed first

Philippine Ground Orchid

speciesSpathoglottis plicata

Ground Orchid

speciesSpathoglottis pacifica

Spathoglottis tomentosa

speciesSpathoglottis tomentosa

Micronesian ground orchid

speciesSpathoglottis micronesiaca

Caroline ground orchid

speciesSpathoglottis carolinensis

Spathoglottis papuana

speciesSpathoglottis papuana

Spathoglottis sulawesiensis

speciesSpathoglottis sulawesiensis

Spathoglottis pulchra

speciesSpathoglottis pulchra

Spathoglottis portus-finschii

speciesSpathoglottis portus-finschii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1674714.