Orchidaceae
Foxtail orchid
Rhynchostylis retusa
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchostylis
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Common names
By language (12)
- Assamese
- কপৌ ফুল
- Bangla
- কপৌ ফুল, =শেয়াললেজী অর্কিড
- Chinese
- 白花钻喙兰, 白花鉆喙蘭, 钻喙兰, 白花鑽喙蘭
- English
- Foxtail orchid
- Hindi
- द्रौपदी माला, =द्रौपदी माला
- Indonesian
- Anggrek buntut bajing
- Malayalam
- സീതമുടി, Foxtail Orchid, കുറുക്കൻ വാല്, ദ്രൗപദിമാല, നിങ്കോസ്റ്റൈലിസ് റെറ്റ്യൂസ
- Marathi
- सीतेची वेणी
- Nepali
- घोगे गावा
- Telugu
- చింతరణం
- Thai
- เอื้องไอยเรศ
- Vietnamese
- Lan đuôi cáo
Synonyms
- Aerides guttata (Lindl.) Roxb.
- Aerides praemorsa Willd.
- Aerides retusa (L.) Sw.
- Aerides spicata D.Don
- Aerides undulata Sm.
- Aerides undulatum Sm.
- Epidendrum hippium Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Epidendrum indicum Poir.
- Epidendrum retusum L.
- Gastrochilus blumei (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus garwalicus (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus retusus Kuntze
- Gastrochilus retusus (L.) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus rheedei (Wight) Kuntze
- Gastrochilus spicatus (D.Don) Kuntze
- Limodorum retusum (L.) Sw.
- Orchis lanigera Blanco
- Rhynchostylis albiflora I.Barua & Bora
- Rhynchostylis gurwalica (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Rhynchostylis guttata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Rhynchostylis praemorsa (Willd.) Blume
- Rhynchostylis retusa f. albiflora (I.Barua & Bora) Christenson
- Saccolabium blumei Lindl.
- Saccolabium blumei var. majus F.Buyss.
- Saccolabium furcatum B.S.Williams
- Saccolabium gurwalicum Lindl.
- Saccolabium guttatum Lindl.
- Saccolabium guttatum (Lindl.) Wall.
- Saccolabium guttatum var. giganteum F.Buyss.
- Saccolabium guttatum var. holfordii F.Buyss.
- Saccolabium heathii Anon.
- Saccolabium macrostachyum Lindl.
- Saccolabium praemorsum (Willd.) Lindl.
- Saccolabium retusum (L.) Voigt
- Saccolabium rheedei Wight
- Saccolabium spicatum (D.Don) Lindl.
- Sarcanthus guttatus Lindl.
Photos
Photo: Andri Suprihardi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 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.