Habenaria pubipetala Summerh. 1942 SECTION Trachypetala Summerh.
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Common Name The Hairy Petaled Habenaria
Flower Size
Found in Malawi in evergreen forests, edges of Brachystegia forests and seepage areas at elevtions of 1250 to 2000 meters as a medium to large sized, cool growing terrestrial with ellipsoid tubers giving rise to an erect stem carrying 8 to 10, spaced, 2 lowermost sheathing, the mid-cauline, broadly lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the later summer and fall on a terminal, erect, 6.4 to 12" [16 to 30 cm] long, rather laxly many flowered inflorescence with longer tha the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Trachypetalum pubipetalum (Summerh.) Szlach. & Sawicka 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10(9): 266 Summerhayes 1942
Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 1 Pope 1995;
Orchidee (Hamburg) 54: 90Szlach. & Sawicka 2003 as Trachypetalum pubipetalum
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