Tall shield orchid | |
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Nervilia concolor in the Tsukuba Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Nervilia |
Species: | N. concolor
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Binomial name | |
Nervilia concolor | |
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Nervilia concolor, commonly known as tall shield orchid,[2] and to as Nervilia aragoana in Australia,[3] is a small terrestrial orchid found in South Asia and Southeast Asia and in the northern regions of Australia. It has pale green, short-lived flowers with a cream-colored or yellowish labellum and a more or less circular leaf that emerges at the base of the flowering stem after flowering.