Search

Present paper deals 90 genera with 283 Orchid species reported from Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India from Flora of Bhutan, the Orchids of Bhutan. Of them, 42 genera with 167 species are epiphytic, 44 genera and 107 species are terrestrial, 3 genera with 4 species are saprophytic and the rest 3 genera with 5 species are partial/semi saprophytic in habitat. Of them, the genus Cymbidium and Liparis fall both in epiphytic and terrestrial habitat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Present paper deals with the diversity of Orchid species in Darjeeling Himalaya of India. A total of 311 Orchids species under 85 genera have been recorded from the region. Of them, 17 species with 6 genera are semi saprophytic, 77 species with 29 genera are terrestrial and the rest 217 species with 52 genera are epiphytic. 42 species found in the regions are medicinally important. This attempt is the first step to correct taxonomic identification to workout currently accepted botanical names, habitat, altitudinal ranges, phenology and locality of Orchid species occurring in Darjeeling Himalaya of India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]