#sri lanka flora
- Anoectochilus regalis — An endemic species of terrestrial orchid from Sri Lanka, belonging to the genus Anoectochilus, world-renowned for its velvety, dark green to blackish foliage traversed by a complex structural network of brilliant golden veins. This rare plant, nicknamed the 'king jewel orchid', grows in the shaded and humid lower strata of montane tropical rainforests, being a strictly protected species highly prized by exotic plant collectors.