Benthamia madagascariensis (Rolfe) Schltr. 1916
Collection sheet by © Scott Elliot
Drawing by © Perrier
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EARLY
Common Name The Madagascar Benthamia
Flower Size
Found in eastern and southern Madagascar in humid bare spots at elevations of sea level to 500 meters as a medium sized, hot growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying 3 to 4, in the lower half, linear leaves with 3 to 4, narrow sheaths above that blooms in the late fall and early winter on an erect, rachis 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, very densely many flowered inflorescence carrying narrow, very acute floral bracts
Synonyms Habenaria madagascariensis (Rolfe) Schltr. 1899; *Holothrix madagascariensis Rolfe 1891; Peristylus macropetalus Finet 1911; Peristylus madagascariensis (Rolfe) Rolfe 1899; Platanthera madagascariensis (Rolfe) Kraenzl. 1899
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 drawing fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide;
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