Orchidaceae FAMILY

Geodorum densiflorum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Geodorum densiflorum is a perennial orchid sending out shoots 20 - 30cm long, occasionally to 50cm long, from a much abbreviated rhizome[ 49 Title Shrubs for the Milder Counties. Publication Author Arnold-Forster. Publisher Year ISBN Description Trees and shrubs that grow well in Cornwall and other mild areas of Britain. Fairly good, a standard reference book. ]. The plant has pseudobulbs that are almost entirely below ground, 13 - 26mm in diameter[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for use as an adhesive - this has been used commercially in the past.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, the Pacific.

HabitatDense forest, thickets, and clearings, on grassy slopes, and in pockets of soil on limestone at elevations from near sea level to 450 metres in Fiji[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].