Habenaria alta Ridl. 1885 SECTION Pentaceras [Thou] Schlechter 1915
Photo by © Grunenwald Gilles
Drawing by © Perrier
Common Name The Tall Habenaria
Flower Size .48" [1.2 cm]
Found in Madagascar in humid, mossy, evergreen forests and shady humid granite rocks at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters as a large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with elongated tubers giving rise to an erect, robust stem carrying towards the middle, 8 or so, obovate, acute leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, terminal, 8 to 12" [20 to 30 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence carrying green flowers
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 509 Ridley 1885
Repert. Specierum Nova. Regni Vegetabilis Band 33 Schlechter 1925;
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939
Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939 Drawing fide,
Orchids of Madagascar, Du Puy, Hermans, Cribb & Bosser 2007;
A Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009 photo 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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