Habenaria rumphii (Brongn.) Lindl. 1835 SECTION Acuiferae Photos courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, Dr. E.F. de Vogel, André Schuiteman, and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

Common Name Rumphi's Habenaria [Dutch Botanist 1800's in Java]

Flower Size .7" [1.7 cm]

Found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Moluccas, Sumatra, Sulawesi, The Philippines, New Guinea and Queensland Australia in lowland grasslands at elevations of sealevel to 500 meters as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with an oblong tuber carrying an erect, 3 to 4 leafed stem carrying erect, lanceolate-linear, narrowing towards teh base, gradually acuminate apically leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, terminal, racemose, 9.6" to 12.8" [24 to 32 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with 3 to 6, lanceolate-linear to subulate, setaeceous-acuminate bracts and erect, subulate,setaceous-acuminate, concave, keeled, 1 nerved floral bracts.

Synonyms Platanthera rumphii Brongn. 1834

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol III Shuiteman and de Vogel 2005