Erect terrestrial herb ; 17-75 cm tall , glabrous except for lip and subterranean parts , with spherical or ovoid tuber . Leaves solitary , very large , appearing after flowering , more or less horizontal , held well above ground , orbicular (reniform when flattened) to cordate , always cordate at base , apiculate , glabrous , 10-30-veined . Inflorescences (scape) erect , laxly (1-)2-12-flowered , with 2-5 sheathing cataphylls . Flowers 2-4 cm apart , evenly spaced along rachis ; sepals and petals greenish , ligulate-lanceolate , acute , lateral sepals slightly oblique ; petals slightly shorter than sepals . Fruit capsule c . 13 mm . Seeds not seen . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Near Threatened (NT) - National Assessment
Not Common
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Nervilia umbrosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Pogonia bicarinata Blume
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Not known
Not used traditionally.
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