Habenaria trichoglossa Renz 1987 SECTION Acuiferae TYPE Drawing by © Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Hairy Tongued Habenaria
Flower Size
Found in New Guinea in humid rainforest and lower montane forest at elvations around 750 to 1100 meters as a giant sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with an erect,in upper half stem carrying 6 to 10, obovate (lower ones) to oblong-lanceolate (upper ones), apex acuminate, base narrowing leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, racemose, peduncle-scales bract-like rachis 4.8 to 6" [12 to 15 cm] long, densely many-flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, apex acuminate, slightly longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying greenish flowers.
"Habenaria trichoglossa resembles H. stenopetala and H. trichaete. From both H. trichoglossa differs by having papillose-tomentose petals and lip. Additionally, unlike in H. trichaete the apices of lateral sepals of H. trichoglossa are not extended into long, stiff setae." Kolanowska etal 2021
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos,Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Checklist of Papusian Orchids Ormerod 2017;
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