ເອື້ອງຫາງກະຮອກ / The Blunt Tail Orchid
APA 6th ed. ເອື້ອງຫາງກະຮອກ / The Blunt Tail Orchid. (2019, April 3). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000052
MLA 8th ed. ເອື້ອງຫາງກະຮອກ / The Blunt Tail Orchid. Pha Khao Lao, 3 April 2019, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000052.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2019. "ເອື້ອງຫາງກະຮອກ / The Blunt Tail Orchid." Published April 3, 2019. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000052.
Epidendrum retusum L.
Gastrochilus retusus (L.) Kuntze
Limodorum retusum (L.) Sw.
Rhynchostylis retusa f. albiflora (I.Barua & Bora) Christenson
Saccolabium retusum (L.) Voigt
Thai: Phuang malai, Hang karawk, Aiyaret
Small erect orchid, with rounded stem, about 0.2 cm-0.5 cm in diameter and 5 cm-12 cm long, with five to eight leaves at the tip of young stems. Inflorescences droop from a node at the axillary leaf, are up to 40 cm long and produce 35-40 white and pink flowers, each up to 2 cm wide.
This species is becoming rare as whole plants are collected from the wild. Harvesting is limited to4-10 plant/day per person per day and plants sell for up to 200,000 LAK/plant.