Habenaria iyoensis (Ohwi) Ohwi 1936

Plant and Flowers in situ Japan Photos by © Hisanori Takeuchi and his Orchids of the World Website

Common Name The Whip Carrying Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Japan and Taiwan as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with several, in a basal rosette, elliptic, acute, gradually narrowing below into the base leaf that blooms on an erect, 18" [45 cm] long, light green laxly several flowered inflorescence with floral bracts enveloping the pedicel.

Synonyms Habenaria rupestris T.P.Lin & T.W.Hu 1976; Peristylus iyoensis Ohwi 1936

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;