CALANTHE TRICARINATA ORCHID (HIMALAYA)

A species of wild ground orchid growing in the forests of Auli, near Joshimath, Uttarakhand, India. Found in Pakistan, western Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanamar, Southern China, Taiwan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands and Japan on damp grassy banks in mixed forests, in clumps on downed, rotting tree trunks in open forests, on steep open grassy slopes and in bamboo scrub at elevations of 1500 to 3300 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with short, ovoid pseudobulbs.