Habenaria arachnoides Thouars 1822 SECTION Pentaceras [Thou] Schlechter 1915 type for section Photos courtesy of Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar

Common Name The Spider-Like Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Madagascar as a small to medium sized terrestrial orchid with a stem that is almost completely enveloped by lower leafless and higher leafed sheaths carrying lanceolate-acute, plicate leaves and blooms on a 1.6" to 2.4" [4 to 6 cm] long, thin, 8 to 15 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1981; Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 1 Summerhayes 1968;

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