Global InformationPeristylus maingayi information
| White ogre orchid | |
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| Drawing of "P. candidus" (synonym) by Lewis Roberts | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Orchideae |
| Subtribe: | Orchidinae |
| Genus: | Peristylus |
| Species: | P. maingayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Peristylus maingayi (King & Pantl.) J.J.Wood & Ormerod[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Peristylus maingayi, commonly known as the white ogre orchid,[2] is a species of orchid that is native to southern Indochina, New Guinea and north Queensland. It has two or three broad leaves near its base and up to fifteen small white flowers that are tube-shaped near the base and have a three-lobed labellum.
- ^ a b "Peristylus maingayi". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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