Orchidaceae FAMILY

Pinalia spicata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pinalia spicata is an epiphytic, perennial plant growing around 5 - 25cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Xizang, Yunnan), Nepal, Bhutan, northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam

HabitatEpiphytic on trees on wooded slopes or lithophytic on rocks in valley forests; at elevations from 800 - 2,800 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].