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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Variety of orchid from Himachal Pradesh, India}}<br />
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| name = Twin Nervilia<br />
| image = Plant with tuber of N.s.him..jpg<br />
| image_caption = Plant of ''Nervilia simplex'' var. ''himachalensis''<br />
| genus = Nervilia<br />
| species = simplex<br />
| varietas = himachalensis<br />
| authority = R.Chandra & K.Gogoi<br />
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'''''Nervilia simplex'' var. ''himachalensis'''''<ref>{{IPNI |id=77359684-1 |taxon=Nervilia simplex var. himachalensis |authority=R.Chandra & K.Gogoi}}</ref> is a variety of the orchid ''[[Nervilia simplex]]'' from the Northwestern Himalayas, [[Himachal Pradesh]], India.<ref name="Chandra-2024" /><br />
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== Taxonomy and naming ==<br />
''Nervilia simplex'' var. ''himachalensis'' was first formally described in 2024 by Rimjhim Chandra and Khyanjeet Gogoi, who published the description in ''The Journal of the Orchid Society of India''.<ref name="Chandra-2024" /><br />
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The [[Specific epithet|specific epiphet]] is a [[metonym]] after the Himachal Pradesh, where the type specimens were collected.<ref name="Chandra-2024">{{Cite journal|last1=Chandra|first1=Rimjhim A.|last2=Gogoi|first2=Khyanjeet|date=2024-12-30|title=''Nervilia Simplex'' var. ''Himachalensis'' (Orchidaceae), a New Variety from Himachal Pradesh India|url=https://orchidsocietyindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NERVILIA-SIMPLEX-VAR.-HIMACHALENSIS.pdf|journal=[[The Journal of the Orchid Society of India]]|volume=38|pages=9–13|issn=0971-5371}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390370382|title=NERVILIA SIMPLEX VAR. HIMACHALENSIS (ORCHIDACEAE), A NEW VARIETY FROM HIMACHAL PRADESH INDIA|accessdate=2025-04-09}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
[[File:Twin Nervilia.jpg|thumb|Flower of ''Nervilia simplex'' var. ''himachalensis'']]<br />
[[File:Himachal New variety.jpg|thumb|Flower of ''Nervilia simplex'' var. ''himachalensis'' in habitat]]<br />
[[File:Habitat of Twin Nervilia.jpg|thumb|Habitat at the type locality]]<br />
''Nervilia simplex'' var. ''himachalensis'' is a ground-dwelling plant with somewhat round to oval [[tubers]] measuring {{Convert|2.0–2.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length and {{Convert|1.8–2.0|cm|in|abbr=on}} in width. The leaf, about {{Convert|2-5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|2-3|cm|in|abbr=on}} wide, is pale green on the side facing away from the stem and darker green on the other side, with fine white branched veins, and is heart-shaped and slightly fleshy. The side facing the stem is sparsely bristly throughout, with 11–13 main veins. The leaf is wavy-edged with a pointed tip and an erect leaf stalk which is {{Convert|2-6|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. The [[inflorescence]], consisting of two flowers, is held erect, and is {{Convert|4-7|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, circular in cross section, slender, and hairless. The sheath below the base of the flower is about {{Convert|1.3|cm|in|abbr=on}} across. The [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncle]] is pale green, with 3–4 tube-shaped stem-clasping sheaths. The flower [[bract]] is narrow, [[papillose]]-shaped to tapering at the tip. The individual flower is held erect and is partly closed, measuring {{Convert|1.5–2.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} across. The [[sepal]] is pale green with faint grey lines, narrow in shape and with a pointed or tapering tip. The dorsal sepal is about {{Convert|2|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|0.2|cm|in|abbr=on}} wide with a pointed tip, while the lateral sepal is {{Convert|1.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|0.3|cm|in|abbr=on}} wide. The petals are creamy white and purple from the tip, narrow in shape, {{Convert|1.5–2|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|0.2–0.4|cm|in|abbr=on}} wide. The lip is strongly reflexed above the middle and is white tinged, purple fringed and white at base, about {{Convert|2|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|0.6|cm|in|abbr=on}} wide when closed, lacking [[Nectar spur|spurs]]. It is simple or 3 lobed with side margins erect and margins at the tip irregularly fringed, about {{Convert|1.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|0.6|cm|in|abbr=on}} wide. The side margins are erect and loosely enclose the [[Column (botany)|column]], while the margin at the tip is irregularly jagged or fringed; side lobes, when present, are small and somewhat round; the disk is [[papillose]], with 3 horizontal ridges extending from near the base almost to the tip. The [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]] is 2 cm long.<ref name="Chandra-2024" /><br />
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== Distribution and habitat ==<br />
''Nervilia simplex var. himachalensis'' occurs in the forests of the northwestern [[Himalayan range]] of Himachal Pradesh, India. It grows on the forest floor covered with dry pine needles from ''[[Pinus roxburghii]]'', at an altitude around {{Convert|1500|m|ft|abbr=off}}.<ref name="Chandra-2024" /><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
[[File:N.s. var. him..jpg|thumb|Illustration of ''Nervilia simplex'' var. ''himachalensis'']]<br />
The specific epithet refers to the Himachal Pradesh, India from where the plant was collected.<ref name="Chandra-2024" /><br />
[[File:Herbarium Nervilia simplex var. himachalensis.jpg|thumb|Holotype of Nervilia simplex var. himachalensis]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Nervilia|simplex var. himachalensis]]<br />
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