Photo Feature
The Petal Lip
<p>The winter ephemeral <em>Eulophia andamanensis</em> (<em>Eu</em> and <em>lephos</em> together mean ‘beautiful plume’ (lip petal) and ‘Andaman – ensis’ means ‘belonging to Andaman’) was first described from the Andaman islands, but is widespread across Southeast Asia in countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam, and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. This ground orchid flowers between October and March, and grows in coastal evergreen forests.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>Photo: Aditya Gadkari</strong></span></p>