| Large purple orchid | |
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| White cultivar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Spathoglottis |
| Species: | S. plicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Spathoglottis plicata | |
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Spathoglottis plicata, commonly known as the Philippine ground orchid,[2] or large purple orchid[3] is an evergreen, terrestrial plant with crowded pseudobulbs, three or four large, pleated leaves and up to forty resupinate, pink to purple flowers. It is found from tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia and the western Pacific including Tonga and Samoa.
- ^ a b "Spathoglottis plicata". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Spathoglottis plicata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 363–364. ISBN 1877069124.