ເອື້ອງດອກໝາກຂາມ / Tamarine flower orchid
APA 6th ed. ເອື້ອງດອກໝາກຂາມ / Tamarine flower orchid. (2019, April 3). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000109
MLA 8th ed. ເອື້ອງດອກໝາກຂາມ / Tamarine flower orchid. Pha Khao Lao, 3 April 2019, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000109.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2019. "ເອື້ອງດອກໝາກຂາມ / Tamarine flower orchid." Published April 3, 2019. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000109.
Thai: Ueang Dok Ma Kham
Clustered, spindle-shaped, 5 to 6 noded, yellowish stems that are leafy the entire length carrying stout, papery, narrowly oblong, acute or unequally bilobed apically, pale green leaves that blooms from the summer till fall on an erect raceme with up to 10 flowers arising from the apex of newly developing pseudobulbs and can carry up to 5, not pleasingly fragrant flowers on the same growth.
Occurrence in Region Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
Occurrence in nature (ecology and ecosystem) A mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte that grows in deciduous forests often in full sun, at elevations of 800-1300 meters.
Traditional use:Tea, Part of plant used:Dry pseudobulbs, Traditional purpose: Acts as anticancer agent. Price 50,000 kip per plant, 80,000 kip per kg, 300,000 kip per kg dry.