Habenaria linguiformis Summerh. 1932 SECTION Replicatae Kraenzl.

Collection sheet by © Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria WebSite

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Common Name The Tongue-Like Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Nigeria on grass covered, rocky slopes at elevations of 600 to 750 meters as a small to medium sized, warm growing terrestrial with narrrowly lanceoalte to linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly recurved leaves that blooms in the late spring on a terminal, erect, rachis to 4" [10 cm] long, laxly to 18 flowered flowered inflorescence with narrowly lanceolate, cuminate, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying erect-patent, partly green, partly white flowers.

"Similar to H humilior but differing in a number of minor points. It was collected with H. limnophila Summerhayes, but not distinguished by the collector." Summerhayes 1932

Synonyms Bilabrella linguiformis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras 2009

References W3 Tropicos,Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 340 Summerhayes 1932

Richardiana 9: 158 Szlach & Kras. 2009 as Bilabrella linguiformis

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