Habenaria ferdinandii Schltr. 1911

Photo by © Mark Clements and The Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Website

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Common Name Ferdinand's Habenaria - In Australia the Yellow Rein Orchid

Flower Size .32 to .39"[8 to 9.5 mm]

Found in the Northern Territory of Australia in grassy forests and seepage areas at base of sandstone escarpments at elevations of 200 to 300 meters as a small to medium sized, hot growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 3 to 5, basal, erect, linear, obtuse to acute, glabrous, dark green leaves that blooms in the later summer and fall on an erect, terminal, 8 to 20" [20 to 50 cm] long overall, rachis 4 to 8" [10 to 20 cm] lolng, , 7 to 15 flowered inflorescence with somewhat spreading, lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bract and carrying strongly scented flowers.

Synonyms Habenaria arnhemica F.Muell. ex Benth. 1873; Habenaria ferdinandii var. arnhemica (Benth.) Dockrill 1965; Habenaria graminea var. arnhemica Benth. 1873; Habenaria muelleriana Schltr. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Fl. Austral. 6: 395 F.Muell. ex Benth. 1873 as Habenaria arnhemica not validly publ.

Fl. Austral. 6: 395 Benth. 1873 as Habenaria graminea var. arnhemica

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 435 Schlechetr 1911 as H muelleriana Schltr. 1911 nom. illeg.

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 249 Schlechter 1911

Orchadian 1[2]: 149 Dockrill 1965 as Habenaria ferdinandii var. arnhemica

Orchids of Australia Nichols 1969 drawing fide;

Native Orchds of Australia Jones 2006 photo fide;

Austral. Orchid Rev. 83(6): 51 M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2018 as Pecteilis fernandii;

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