Habenaria ferkoana Schltr. 1918

TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and the The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name The Ferko Habenaria [Dr Paulo Ferko early 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in Madagascar as a medium to just large sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with 13 cauline, erect-patent, glabrous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate leaves that blooms on a to 6" [15 cm] long, loosely many flowered inflorescence with linear-lanceolate, acuminate, the lower longer than the flowers the upper shorter that the flowers floral bracts

Similar to H arachnoides but H ferkoana differs in the more foliage, slightly larger flowers, the much more pointed peduncles, the lip and the pointed spur.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 325 Schlechter 1918

Flora Of Madagascar Perrier 1939;

The Orchids of Madagascar Hermans Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2009;

Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009;

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