Habenaria cephalotes Lindl. 1835 SECTION Macroceratitis Kraenzl
Photo by © Siddarth Machado and The Flora of India WebSite
Drawing by © Wight and The Plant Illustration WebSite
Common Name The Head-Shaped Habenaria
Flower Size
Found in southern India at elevations of 2000 to 2500 meters as a mini-miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2, oblong tubers giving rise to an erect, slender stem with 2 to 3 sheaths towards the base and carrying about 3, at the middle of the stem, short, broad,ovate-elliptic, acute to apiculate, basally clasping leaves grading abruptly to bracts towards the apex that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 5.2 to 10.4" [13 to 26 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, erect floral bracts and carrying fragrant, white, shortly pedicellate flowers.
Synonyms Pecteilis cephalotes (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2018; Plantaginorchis cephalotes (Lindl.) Szlach.2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 322 Lindley 1835
Orchids of Nilgris Joseph 1987 drawing fide;
Indian Orchids A Field Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 1 Pradhan 1976 drawing fide
Richardiana 4: 64 Szlach 2004 as Plantaginorchis cephalotes
Austral. Orchid Rev. 83(6): 51 2018 as Pecteilis cephalotes
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