Peristylus

Peristylus Blume is a genus from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, consisting of over 100 known species found across much of eastern and southern Asia as well as in Australia and on many islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Plants grow from tubers. Common names are ogre orchids or bog orchids.

Peristylus densus (Lindl.) Santapau & Kapadia is a slender terrestrial orchid with a loose inflorescence of small, white to pale green flowers and narrow, oblong–lanceolate leaves. It is recorded from tropical habitats in Western Ghats, where it often occurs in forest understories and along grassland margins. Height: to about 55 cm. Photograph by Saket Shrotri.