Abstract
Orchids are identified for their beautiful ornamental flowers. These flowers exceptionally possess long extended vase life. Besides being floriculturally significant, they also find their description in the ancient Ayurvedic system of medicine for their therapeutic uses. These monocot herbaceous plants possess diverse bioactive chemical compounds such as terpenes, alkaloids, etc. that are responsible for their therapeutic value properties. The orchids are collected stealthily from their natural habitats indiscriminately and have become rare in the wild and their populations can be saved through in vitro conservation techniques. The present communication conveys conservation techniques used for saving orchid species from getting extinct.
Highlights
Orchids are identified for their beautiful ornamental flowers
In Shimla hill slopes of Tara Devi, Fagu, Mashobra, Charabra inhabits a variety of terrestrial orchid species for instance, Satyrium nepalense, Epipactis helleborine, Calanthe tricarinata, Malaxis acuminata, Malaxis muscifera, Habeneria intermedia, H. pectinata, Habeneria edgeworthii, Liparis rostrata, Liparis ovata, Goodyera repens, Goodyera procera of therapeutic value
Therapeutic orchids are enriched with a large number of secondary metabolites such as glycosides, alkaloids, and flavonoids
Summary
The vast geographic expense of India, harbours a broad range of plant species of diverse habits and habitats. In Indian system of medicine, the orchids find mention for their curative properties [2]. The Indian Western Himalaya is expanded through tropical plains from alpine to arctic climates within an altitudinal range of 3008611m. It receives an annual rainfall of almost 600-1800 mm. In Shimla hill slopes of Tara Devi, Fagu, Mashobra, Charabra inhabits a variety of terrestrial orchid species for instance, Satyrium nepalense, Epipactis helleborine, Calanthe tricarinata, Malaxis acuminata, Malaxis muscifera, Habeneria intermedia, H. pectinata, Habeneria edgeworthii, Liparis rostrata, Liparis ovata, Goodyera repens, Goodyera procera of therapeutic value.
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