A uncommon orchid has been present in Uttarakhand (representational picture)
Dehradun:
A uncommon orchid – Liparis Pygmaea – has been discovered for the primary time within the western Himalayan area of Uttarakhand. The flower was noticed by a staff of the analysis wing of the Uttarakhand forest division at an altitude of three,800 metre throughout a trek to Saptakund in Chamoli, earlier in June. Samples despatched by the forest division to Botanical Survey of India confirmed it as Liparis Pygmaea, Chief Conservator of Forest Sanjiv Chaturvedi mentioned.
The invention made by a two-member staff consisting of Vary Officer Harish Negi and junior analysis fellow Manoj Singh has been recognised by the French scientific analysis journal ‘Richardiana’, which revealed a paper on the invention.
Liparis Pygmaea is a small terrestrial orchid which flowers in June-July. Because it has been discovered for the primary time within the western Himalayas, botanists take into account it a really important discovery, the official mentioned.
Calling it an essential improvement within the examine of uncommon orchid species, that are restricted to the alpine zone of the Himalayas, Mr Chaturvedi mentioned acceptable measures ought to be taken to protect it. The orchid seems within the IUCN (Worldwide Union for Conservation of Nature) crimson checklist.
Aside from one location in Uttarakhand, the species has been discovered previously at three places in Sikkim and at one in West Bengal. It has additionally been sighted in Nepal and China, the paper revealed within the French journal mentioned.
