FIRST KIND OF ORCHID SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESERCHERS FROM SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT (SEED) CHANGLANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH HAS DOCUMENT A ORCHID SPECIES.

* NAMED - GASTROCHILUS PECHEI (Rchb.f) 

* THIS ORCHID CHARACTERISED AS YELLOW SEPALS AND PETALS WITH A WHITE LABBELUM COVERED PURPLISH SPOTS. ..

* SPECIES FOUND IN MOIST EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST 

* AS OF NOW INDIA HAS 23 SPECIES OF GASTROCHILUS GENUS (16 IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

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