Habenaria perrottetiana A.Rich 1841
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Common Name Perrotteti's Habenaria
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in southwestern India in grasslands at elevations around 2000 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with 1 to 2 oblong tubers giving rise to an erct stem enveloped towards the base by 4 to 5 tubular sheaths, carrying towards the middle 5 to 7, lanceolate-ovate, amplexicual, acute- acuminate leaves taht blooms in the late summer and fall on an erect, terminal, racemose, to 5.6" [14 cm] long, secund, several flowered inflorescence with large, cucullate, foliaceous, imbricate, broadly ovate, acute, shortly acuminate, progressively shorter above, as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying yellow green, large flowers.
This species and H heyneana both have yellow, green to dirty white flowers, a loose inflorescence, each flower accompanied by a very large bract and small leaves. H perrottetiana differs in the larger plant and larger flowers that do not open well.
Synonyms Habenaria lutea (Wight) Benth. 1881; Platanthera lutea Wight 1844; Plectoglossa perrottetiana (A. Rich.) K. Prasad & Venu. 2015
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 74 A Rich. 1841
Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 919 Wight 1844 as Platanthera lutea
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 354 Benth. 1881 as H lutea
Orchids of Nilgris Joseph 1987 drawing fide;
Rheedea 25: 88 K. Prasad & Venu.2015 as Plectoglossa perrottetiana;
Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 as Plectoglossa perrottetiana;
Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018 as Plectoglossa perrottetiana;
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