Category: Habenaria

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; […]

Habenaria barnesii Summerh. ex C.E.C.Fisch., J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1887 (1936); . SW. India as per POWO; . Common name: Barnes Habenaria . Habenaria barnesii – addition to efi: 1 image. Please find attached herewith Habenaria barnessii, a rare endemic endangered Orchid species from Kerala. Place: Munnar – Kerala Altitude – 2000m Habitat: Grassland Collected during first week of […]

Habenaria suaveolens Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 263 (1850) (syn: Habenaria panchganiensis Santapau & Kapadia; Habenaria variabilis Blatt. & McCann; Pecteilis suaveolens (Dalzell) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones; Plantaginorchis suaveolens (Dalzell) Szlach. & Kras-Lap.); . W. India as per POWO; . Common name: Panchgani Habenaria • Marathi: पंचगनी हबॆअमरी Panchgani Habe-amri . hab-en-AR-ee-uh — from the Latin habena (rein or strap) […]

Habenaria periyarensis Sasidh., K.P.Rajesh & Augustine, Rheedea 8: 168 (1998); . SW. India (Kerala) as per POWO; . Stem 10-15 cm high. Leaves to 5 x 2 cm, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, acute, mucronate, cuneate at base. Flowers greenish-white, in 15 cm long spike; dorsal sepal green, 10 x 6 mm, elliptic, acute, dorsally 3-ribbed, 3-5 […]

Habenaria acuifera Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 325 (1835) (syn: Pecteilis acuifera (Wall. ex Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones); . E. Himalaya to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Yellow Eastern Habenaria, Pointed Habenaria . MS,July,2022/02 Herb for id: […]

Habenaria elliptica Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1706 1851. (syn: Plantaginorchis elliptica (Wight) Szlach.); SW. India as per WCSP; Common name: Elliptic Habenaria Herbs; tubers ellipsoid, 2-2.5 x 0.6 cm: stem 8 to 24 inches, leafy. Leaves mostly near the ground but also on the stem above, lanceolate or elliptic, acute, 5-10 x […]

Habenaria panigrahiana S.Misra, Blumea 27: 213 1981. (syn: Habenaria panigrahiana var. panigrahiana );     Submission of Habenaria panigrahiana : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Habenaria panigrahiana S.Misra, Blumea 27: 213. 1981.  Family: Orchidaceae Description: Tuberous geophyte, 20-30 cm tall. Tuber globose, 1-2cm across. Leaves alternate, lamina elliptic-lanceolate, 5-10 × 1.5-3.5cm, margin entire. Flowers greenish, […]

Habenaria arietina Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 138 1890. (syn: Habenaria ensifolia var. gigantea (Pradhan) P.K.Sarkar; Habenaria ensifolia var. khasiensis (Pradhan) P.K.Sarkar; Habenaria intermedia var. arietina (Hook.f.) Finet; Habenaria pectinata var. arietina (Hook.f.) Kraenzl.; Habenaria pectinata var. gigantea Pradhan; Habenaria pectinata var. khasiensis Pradhan; Ochyrorchis arietina (Hook.f.) Szlach.); . Himalaya to SE. Tibet as per […]

Habenaria sahyadrica Pankaj Kumar, Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar, Thankappan Kureekadu Nirmesh, Vadakkethil Balakrishnan Sreekumar, Vadakkoot Sankaran Hareesh, Indira Balachandran, Phytotaxa Vol 244, No 2 (2015); . Habenaria sp. for validation : Attachments (5). 9 posts by 4 authors. Please validate the Habenaria species collected from Muthikulam, altitude around 1700m in shola forests Actually this species shows similarities with H. multicaudata. work in progress. […]

Habenaria perrottetiana A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 15: 74 1841. (Syn: Habenaria lutea (Wight) Benth.; Platanthera lutea Wight); . SW. India (from WCSP) . Stem 20-50 cm high. Leaves to 7 x 3 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute. Flowers yellow, few, in about 15 cm long spike; bracts 3 x 1.7 cm, broadly elliptic, acute-apiculate, foliaceous, […]

Habenaria stenopetala Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 319 1835. (syn: Habenaria amanoana Ohwi; Habenaria delessertiana Kraenzl.; Habenaria linearipetala Hayata; Habenaria rhynchocarpa (Thwaites) Trimen; Habenaria rhynchocarpa (Thwaites) Hook. f.; Habenaria sutepensis Rolfe ex Downie; Plantaginorchis rhynchocarpa (Thwaites) Szlach.; Platanthera rhynchocarpa Thwaites); . [EfloraofIndia_ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight]:19102013PD04_Habenaria stenopetala Lindl._Flora of Odisha : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 […]

Habenaria elwesii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 122: t. 7478 1896. (Syn: Ate elwesii (Hook.f.) Szlach.); .  Orchidaceae fortnight : Habenaria foliosa? :  Attachments (2). 9 posts by 4 authors. please find attached photos of a Habenaria. Could this be Habenaria foliosa? This is a very very interesting find. I am on bed and checking your mail and […]

Habenaria medusa Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 203 1893. (Syn: Fimbrorchis medusa (Kraenzl.) Szlach.; Fimbrorchis myriotricha (Gagnep.) Szlach.; Fimbrorchis myriotricha var. confluens (Gagnep.) Szlach.; Habenaria myriotricha Gagnep.; Habenaria myriotricha var. confluens Gagnep.);               ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Habenaria medusa Kraenzl. from Hong Kong, PKS-48 :  Attachments (3). 7 posts by 6 […]

Habenaria ensifolia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 321 (1835). ; .   ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Habenaria ensifolia Lindl. from Uttarakhand, PKS-45 : 6 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (4). Habenaria ensifolia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 321 (1835). Distribution: Uttarakhand Note this plant is considered as synonym of Habenaria pectinata but they are totally different. Wow […]

Habenaria rhodocheila Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. V, 5: 243 1856. (syn: Smithanthe rhodochelia (Hance) Szlach. & Marg.);             ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Habenaria rhodocheila Hance from Hong Kong, PKS-50 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6). Habenaria rhodocheila Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., V, 5: 243 (1856). Synonyms: Smithanthe […]

Habenaria linguella Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 325 1835. (syn: Centrochilus gracilis Schauer; Habenaria acuifera var. linguella (Lindl.) Finet; Habenaria chrysantha Schltr.; Habenaria endothrix Miq.; Habenaria simeonis Kraenzl.);               ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Habenaria linguella Lindl. from Hong Kong, PKS-47 : Attachments (3). 5 posts by 3 authors. Habenaria linguella […]

Habenaria pelorioides E.C.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 139 1874.;      ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Habenaria pelorioides C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. from Jharkhand, PKS-40 : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors. Habenaria pelorioides C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 139 (1874). Synonym: Odisha cleistantha S.Misra, Orchids India: 252 (2007). (new synonym) […]

Habenaria leptoloba Benth., Fl. Hongk. 362 1861. ;               ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Habenaria leptoloba Benth. from Hong Kong, PKS-46 : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Habenaria leptoloba Benth., Fl. Hongk.: 362 (1861). Distribution: China (Hong Kong) Supposed to be endemic to Hong Kong but found recently in […]

Habenaria aitchisonii Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 113 1886. (Syn: Habenaria bihamata Kraenzl.; Habenaria diceras Schltr.; Habenaria diceras var. pubicaulis (Schltr.) Soó; Habenaria pubicaulis Schltr.;                                          Habenaria brachyphylla Aitch.);   Flowers of Chakrata: Orchid 1 for id: I wish to share with you the orchids which we could find during Chakrata trip.. they are […]

Habenaria cephalotes Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 322 1835. (Syn: Plantaginorchis cephalotes (Lindl.) Szlach.);     Nilgiris: Orchid for identification 031112MK02: Please help me to identify this orchid found on grasslands of high altitude. Leaf: up to 10cm long Plant height: up to 20cm long Flower: 1cm across Date: 22 Oct 2012 Place: Western Catchement, […]