Geodorum densiflorum

Nodding Swamp Orchid

Flowers, from Peravoor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Eulophiinae
Genus:	Geodorum
Species:	G. densiflorum
Binomial name
*Geodorum densiflorum* (Lam.) Schltr.
Synonyms
Arethusa glutinosa Blanco Cistella cernua (Willd.) Blume Cymbidium pictum R.Br. Dendrobium haenkeanum Steud. Dendrobium nutans C.Presl Geodorum candidum (Roxb.) Lindl. Geodorum formosanum Rolfe ex Hemsl. Geodorum fucatum Lindl. Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl. Geodorum nutans (C.Presl) Ames Geodorum pacificum Rolfe Geodorum pictum (R.Br.) Lindl. Geodorum rariflorum Lindl. Geodorum semicristatum Lindl. Geodorum tricarinatum Schltr. Limodorum candidum Roxb. Limodorum densiflorum Lam. Malaxis cernua Willd. Ortmannia cernua (Willd.) Opiz Otandra cernua (Willd.) Salisb. Tropidia grandis Hance

Geodorum densiflorum also known as Nodding Swamp Orchid is a medium to small, hot growing terrestrial orchid found in Australia in moist grasslands, sandy areas behind beaches and rainforests as well as in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations up to 1000 m, with underground, spherical pseudobulbs.^[1] It is in endangered status in Australia due to urbanization.^[2]

Distribution

Geodorum densiflorum has been reported from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Assam, Myanmar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, the Solomons, the Bismarcks, Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Micronesia.^[3]^[4]

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