In a significant botanical discovery, scientists have recorded Bulbophyllum stocksii—a rare orchid species earlier believed to be restricted to the Western Ghats—in Meghalaya, marking its first confirmed record from Northeast India.
A recent survey conducted by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) in the Garo Hills region has sparked controversy after members of the Achik Underground Exploration Society (AUES) discovered orchids in the possession of the BSI team, despite their permission being limited to a ‘microfungal’ survey.
