Foxtail orchid

Scientific description

The plant grows on tree trunk. The plant is an epiphyte and most common in the forest of northeast India.

Systematic position

Kingdom   Plantae

   Clade   Tracheophytes

   Clade   Angiosperms

   Clade   Monocots

      Order   Asparagales

         Family   Orchidaceae

            Subfamily   Epidendroideae

               Genus   Rhynchostylis

                  Species   retusa