Habenaria multipartita Blume ex Kraenzl. 1893 SECTION Multipartitae TYPE for the section
Plant and Flowers in situ Java
Photos by © J B Comber
Drawing by © J J Smith
Common Name The Much Divided Habenaria
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Java in montane grasslands and light montane forests at elevations of 1700 to 2000 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with about 5, linear-lanceolate, sessile, pleated, all along the stem, the middle largest leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, to 12" [30 cm] long, to 10 flowered inflorescence carrying nocturnally honey scented fragrant flowers
This species and H tosariense are very similar but this orchid usually comes from lower altitudes and generally is a much smaller plant with a 12" [30 cm] long rachis and up to 10 flowered inflorescence. H tosariense also has a wide open hood while H multipartita has a pinched hood and H tosariense has a side lobe of the lip that has a main branch that wildly diverging filiform side branches instead of a main branch that has the filiform side branches emanating all from the same side much like a comb has.
Synonyms Kryptostoma multipartitum (Blume ex Kraenzl.) Szlach. & Olszewski 1998; Ochyrorchis multipartita (Blume ex Kraenzl.) Szlach. 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 194 Blume ex Kraenzlin 1892
Die Orchideen Von Java J. J. Smith 1905;
Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide;
Orchids Of Java J.J.Comber 1990 photo fide;
Fl. Cameroun 34: 231 Szlach. & Olszewski 1998 as Kryptostoma multipartitum
Genera Orchidacearum Vol 2 Part One Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2001
Richardiana 4: 55 Szlach 2004 as Ochyrorchis multipartita
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