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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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)
Distribution: India to Myanmar
Note: I am hereby assigning a new synonym to this plant as above. But I need to do it officially in a journal so as to make it valid.
… in Picture 3 and 4 flowers are still unopened or they remain as such…
Yes they dont open completely. When I saw this plant for first time, I was waiting for it to open as I was not sure what it was !! It has a cleisogamous flower.
Interesting piece of information and Best wishes for your research activities and publications.
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118-TSP-ID-24NOV2016-2: A terrestrial Orchid @ Vatehalla for ID : 12 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)
Kindly examine and identify this terrestrial Orchid……Visited the locality, where only a few plants were growing, at least on five occassions spread over three months waiting for the buds to bloom. The buds failed to bloom..! Just fancied to open up myself to have a view of the floral parts……….Could this be a Habenaria sp….???
Habit:Herb
Habitat:Terrestrial,dry forest in open blanks with sandy soil
Sighting:Vatehalla,near Belur,Karnataka,about 800 msl
Date:02-09-2016,22-09-2016,17-10-2016,27-10-2016 and 03-11-2016
Sorry I had limited internet and somehow i was unable to reply from my mobile.
Please put in some effort and we can resolve this.
spellings could be wrong.
Thanks … for yor feedback. Unfortunately the bloom time is over now. One thing that I observed was that the flowers did not open up at all. They used to get dark within possibly due to insect pests….. Now that I know the location I will keep a watch
Uploading some more images of flowers that were manually opened. Hope these may help. Attachments (7)
Yes it is the same orchid, Habenaria pelorioides.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) India Flora Online India Biodiversity Portal IOSPE Photos