Ipsea Malabarica
''Ipsea malabarica'', the Malabar daffodil orchid, is a species of ground orchids endemic to the high altitude hills of the southern Western Ghats in India. It was not seen in the wild for many years after its description and was rediscovered by K.S. Manilal in 1982 from Silent Valley. It is endangered and attempts have been made to propagate the species through tissue culture to reintroduce them into the wild. References malabarica Orchids of India {{Epidendroideae-stub ...
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Ipsea
''Ipsea'' is a genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae), with three species that are found in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Three species are recognized: *''Ipsea malabarica'' (Rchb.f.) Hook.f. - southern India *''Ipsea speciosa'' Lindl. - southern India, Sri Lanka *''Ipsea thailandica'' Seidenf. - Thailand The genus was erected by John Lindley in 1831 with the type species ''I. speciosa'' which was discovered in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka in 1829 by James Macrae. A similar species was found by Jerdon and was doubtfully considered as a new species by Robert Wight Robert Wight Doctor of Medicine, MD Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS Linnean Society of London, FLS (6 July 1796 – 26 May 1872) was a Scottish surgeon in the East India Company, whose professional career was spent entirely in southern India, .... This was later described as ''Ipsea malabarica'', restricted to Silent Valley in northern Kerala. This endangered species with a very narrow distribution range grows on ...
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