Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr., Sp. Blancoan.: 112 (1918) (syn: Habenaria dentata var. ecalcarata (King & Pantl.) Hand.-Mazz. ; Habenaria dentata f. ecalcarata (King & Pantl.) Tuyama ; Habenaria dentata subsp. ecalcarata (King & Pantl.) Panigrahi & Murti ; Habenaria geniculata var. ecalcarata King & Pantl. ; Habenaria luceana Aver. ; Habenaria pelorioides C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ; Kraenzlinorchis malintana (Blanco) Szlach.; Odisha cleistantha S.Misra ; Odisha cleistantha subsp. flabellata S.Misra ; Pecteilis malintana (Blanco) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones; Thelymitra malintana Blanco);
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Central Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China, Philippines, East Timor: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Terrestrial. Whole plant about 30 to 65 cm in height. Lower part of stem sheathed, middle leafy and upper part bracteate. Leaves 4 to 6 cm long, oblong to elliptic, 5 nerved, the base of the leaf narrowed into a long tubular sheath. Spike 4 to 7 cm long, laxly flowered. Flowers white. Sepals sub-equal, broadly ovate, acute, spreading, the lateral pair sub-erect. Petals narrowly oblong, sub-acute, curved inwards, shorter than the sepals. Lip as long as the sepals, lanceolate, always curved upwards. Spur totally absent. Stigmas united.
Flowering Season: September
Semi tropical forests, at an altitude between 1500 to 2200 ft.
(Attributions: Naresh Swami as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) India Flora Online India Biodiversity Portal IOSPE Photos
