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Smithsonia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains three known species, all endemic to southern India. Smithsonia maculata (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha - Kanara Smithsonia straminea C.J.Saldanha - southern India Smithsonia viridiflora (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha - southern India

Aglaia lawii is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. As well as the autonym species, there are two subspecies accepted.

Phalaenopsis mysorensis is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is native to the India and Sri Lanka, and is only rarely found in cultivation. The specific epithet refers to the Indian city Mysore.

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Smithsonia viridiflora, commonly known as the green smithsonia, is an epiphytic orchid native to the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Maharashtra. It is 3–10 cm (1.2–3.9 in) long with light fluorescent green color petals and a distinguishable lip like other Smithsonia species.

Smithsonia maculata (commonly called spotted smithsonia) is a monopodial epiphytic orchid native to the Western Ghats. Leaves are lanceolate and occur in groups of two or three with the more pointed ends at the base and have dimensions of 6 to 10 cm (2.4 to 3.9 in) long and 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.18 in) wide. Flowers are seen in a drooping inflorescence .it has yellow color flower with bright orange-reddish spots on the sepals and horn like projections of side lobes of the labellum or lip with a pointy spur and trilobed .Flowering is seen mainly during mid-May to June.

Smithsonia straminea, commonly known as the straw-colored smithsonia, is a small 4–9 cm (1.6–3.5 in) growing epiphytic orchid native to the Western Ghats of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and rarely Kerala in India.

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