Spotted pleione (Pleione maculata)
Description
Spotted Pleione is a curious terrestrial orchid, with tubby, warty, green bulbs. Flowers are fragrant and white, with the lip strongly marked with Imperial purple and yellow. Two folded, lance-shaped leaves, 0.5-1 ft long, grow from the pseudobulb. Spotted Pleione is found in Yunnan China, Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Laos, Myanamar, Thailand and Vietnam in highland primary cloud forests at elevations of 600-2000 m.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Tracheophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Pleione
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