Habenaria divergens Summerh. 1964 SECTION Diphyllae

HOLOTYPE Collection Sheet by © Summerhayes and Kew Herbarium

Common Name The Diverging Habenaria

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in north central Angola in open woods at elevations around 100 to 1200 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying few basal leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, to 8" [20 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Pseudohemipilia divergens (Summerh.) Szlach. 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Kew Bull. 17: 519 Summerhayes 1964;

Orchidee (Hamburg) 54: 216 Szlach. 2003 as Pseudohemipilia divergens

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------