Habenaria dryadum Schltr. 1906 SECTION Chlorinae
photo by © Andre Schuiteman
Drawing by © Howcroft
Type Drawing/collection sheet by © Schlechter
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Common Name The Forest Loving Habenaria
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in New Guinea in thick shrub forests at elevations around 50 to 500 meters as a medium to large sized, hot growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying in the middle 6 to 10, close set, held in a rosette of lanceolate-acuminate leaves that blooms in the later summer on an erect, terminal, densely cylindrical, 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with lanceoalte, aristate-acuminate, a bit shorter to a bit longer than the ovary floral bracts.
According to Andre Schuteman H multicaudata is remarkably similar.
Synonyms Habenaria dryadum var. major Schltr. 1911; Habenaria epiphylla Schltr. 1905
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee, Nachtr.: 78 Schlechter 1905 as H epiphylla nom illegal;
*Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 80 Schlechter 1906
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 67 The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 75 The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911 drawing fide;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 67 The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1911 as Habenaria dryadum var. major;
A Guide to the Monocotyledons of Papua New Guinea Part 4 Orchidaceae [in Part] Howcroft 1984 drawing fide;
Checklist of Papusian Orchids Ormerod 2017;
Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 20 2017 photo fide;
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