Impatiens stocksii is a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae. It is endemic to the Coorg hills. file:///C:/Users/peele/Downloads/Rheedea21_23-80.pdf
Description It is an epiphytic, scapigerous, tuberous herb, growing up to high. There are 2–5 leaves per tuber. The broadly ovate radical leaves are crenate at the margins, pubescent above and glabrous below. The inflorescence, consisting of two to seven flowers, is a racemous scape long. The white flowers are across with ovate glabrous light green bracts. The lateral sepals are ovate, acute at apex and light green. The white standard petal is suborbicular, forming a small sac-like structure at base. The wing petals are white with a tuft of yellow hairs at the base of the mid-lobe; there are three lobes, with the mid-lobe broader than the distal and basal lobes. The white lip is saccate, deep and acute at the apex, with a yellow spot. The spur is absent.
Range Southern Western Ghats
Habitat It grows as an epiphyte in evergreen forests
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