Orchidaceae

Pecteilis gigantea (Sm.) Raf.

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Pecteilis

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Pecteilis gigantea: A tall growing orchid native to India and SE Asia. — Photo: Shailendra Patil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Malayalam: കല്ലുചെടി
Marathi: वाघचोरा

Synonyms

Habenaria gigantea (Sm.) D.Don
Orchis gigantea Sm.
Platanthera gigantea Lindl.
Platanthera gigantea (Sm.) Vuijk
Platanthera gigantea var. doctersii (J.J.Sm.) Vuijk
Platanthera susannae var. doctersii J.J.Sm.

Photos

Photo: Shailendra Patil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.