Saturday, 20 July 2024

Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume

Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume
The foxtail orchid is the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam


rin-koh-STY-liss -- Greek: rhynchos (beak), stylis (small pillar) ... Dave's Botanary
re-TOO-suh -- rounded and notched tip ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blunt rhynchostylis, foxtail orchid • Assamese: কপৌ-ফুল kopou phool • Bengali: কপৌ ফুল kopou phool • Coorgi: ಸೀತಾ ದಂಡೆ sita-dande • Gujarati: સીતાની વેણી sitani veni • Hindi: द्रौपदी माला draupadi mala • Kannada: ದ್ರೌಪದಿ ಮಾಲೆ draupadi maale, ಸೀತಾ ದಂಡೆ seetha dande • Konkani: पणस केळी panas keli • Malayalam: അണ്ണാൻ താളി annaan thaali, അണ്ണാൻ വാലൻ annaan vaalan, ആഞ്ഞിലി മരവാഴ anjili maravaazha, ബിട്ടി മരം മരവാഴ bitti maram maravaazha, ദ്രൌപദി മാല draupadi maala, സീതമുടി seethamudi• Manipuri: ꯁꯝꯖꯤꯔꯩ সমজীৰৈ samjirei • Marathi: गजरा gajara, पणस केळी panas keli, सीतेची वेणी seetechi veni • Nepali: घोगे गावा ghoge gaavaa, थुर thur • Nyishi: olom • Odia: ପୁମମ୍ pumam • Pahari: भांगरु bhangru • Tamil: துரோபதை மாலை dropathai maalai • Telugu: చింతరణం chintaranam • Tulu: ಓಪತಿಮಾಲೆ opathimaale


botanical names: Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume ... homotypic synonyms: Aerides retusa (L.) Sw. • Epidendrum retusum L. • Gastrochilus retusus (L.) Kuntze • Limodorum retusum (L.) Sw. • Saccolabium retusum (L.) Voigt ... and many more heterotypic synonyms ... POWO, retrieved 18 July 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
blunt rhynchostylis
foxtail orchid
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
কপৌ-ফুল kopou phool
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
কপৌ ফুল kopou phool
~~~~~ COORGI ~~~~~
written in: Kodava, Kannada (ಕೊಡವ), Malayalam (കൊഡവ) ... spoken in: Coorg district of Karnataka ... other names for this language: Codava, Kodava
ಸೀತಾ ದಂಡೆ sita-dande
  • Wild Flowers of Kodagu by Dr T Ananda Rao
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
સીતાની વેણી sitani veni
  • name coined, for want of name; derived from Marathi name सीतेची वेणी seetechi veni = Sita's braid or garland
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
द्रौपदी माला draupadi mala
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದ್ರೌಪದಿ ಮಾಲೆ draupadi maale, ಸೀತಾ ದಂಡೆ seetha dande
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
पणस केळी panas keli
  • Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
  • पणस panas = the jack fruit or the jack tree, this orchid plant could be having affinity to the jack trees; केळी keli = the plantain, the fruit capsules allude to plantains
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
അണ്ണാൻ താളി annaan thaali, അണ്ണാൻ വാലൻ annaan vaalan
  • Many thanks to Dr Prejith Sampath for help with these names ... flickr
  • Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with these names ... efloraofindia
ആഞ്ഞിലി മരവാഴ anjili maravaazha, ബിട്ടി മരം മരവാഴ bitti maram maravaazha
ദ്രൌപദി മാല draupadi maala
സീതമുടി seethamudi
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ) ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯁꯝꯖꯤꯔꯩ সমজীৰৈ samjirei
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
गजरा gajara
पणस केळी panas keli
  • FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
  • पणस panas (also spelt as पनस, but more commonly फणस) = the jack tree or its fruit, this orchid plant could be having affinity to the jack trees; केळी keli = plantain; the fruit capsules allude to plantains
सीतेची वेणी seetechi veni
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
घोगे गावा ghoge gaavaa, थुर thur
  • Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung
olom
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ପୁମମ୍ pumam
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
भांगरु bhangru
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
துரோபதை மாலை dropathai maalai
  • name coined, for want of name; derived from Malayalam name ദ്രൌപദി മാല draupadi mala = Draupadi's garland
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
చింతరణం chintaranam
  • వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ
  • Many thanks to Anandkumar Reddy for help with this name ... efloraofindia
  • or చింతరణము chintaranamu ... Many thanks to A.Lalithamba for help with this name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಓಪತಿಮಾಲೆ opathimaale
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, *Jammu & *Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, *Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 14:39 20-07-2024 ~~~~~
Orchidaceae perennial epiphytic orchid herb "Rhynchostylis retusa" "Aerides retusa" "Epidendrum retusum" "Gastrochilus retusus" "Limodorum retusum" "Saccolabium retusum" "blunt rhynchostylis" "foxtail orchid"
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