Habenaria mairei Schltr. 1919 SECTION Macroceratitis Kraenzl
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Drawing by © Wu Zhanghua and the Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010
Common Name Maire's Habenaria [French Botanist early 1900's] - In China Bang Ju Yu Feng Hua
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in western Hubei, western Sichuan, northwestern Yunnan and southeastern Xizang China in mixed forests or on scrubby and grassy slopes at elevations of 2400 to 3400 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with oblong to ovoid tubers giving rise to an erect, rather stout stems and carrying 5 to 7, elliptic-ligulate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, amplexicaul below leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, racemose, to 6" [15 cm] long, several to 10 flowered inflorescence with elliptic-lanceolate, shorter to almost as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying rather large, fragrant flowers.
This species is within a group of similar orchids consisiting of H davidii, H arietina, H limprichtii, H triquetra, H yueana , H intermedia and H pectinata which all have trilobed lips with the two lateral sides with fringe.
Similar to H pectinata but it has larger flowers, wider lateral sepals, wider petals, a shorter lateral lobes of the lip and a completely different gynostemium.
Synonyms Ochyrorchis mairei (Schltr.) Szlach 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 50 Orchideologiae Sino-Japonicae Prodomus Schlecheter 1919;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Orchid Genera in Thailand V Orchioideae Seidenfaden 1977;
Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide;
Richardiana 4: 55 Szlach 2004 as Ochyrorchis mairei
Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009;
A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo ok;
Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009;
Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok;
The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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