Habenaria brachyphylla (Lindl.) Aitch. 1882 SECTION Commelynifoliae Kraenzl 1893
Photos by © Bhawdan Chandan Vandan Nandgiri
Photo by © Satish Phadke and Eflora of India Website
Drawing by © Sarat Misra
Common Name The Short Leaved Habenaria
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in at least Himanchal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Odisha states of India in semi-evergreen forests along the sedges and open grassy slopes at higher plateaus at elevations of 2000 to 2500 meters as a medium sized [in bloom], cold growing terrestrial with1 to 2, ovate-elliptic to broadlly rounded tubers giving rise to 2, opposite, adpressed to the ground, orbicular-acute leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, to 9" [to 24.6 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with basally clasping, triangular, acute, longer than the fragrant flowers floral bracts
Synonyms Habenaria crassifolia A.Rich. 1841; *Platanthera brachyphylla Lindl. 1835;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 293 Lindley 1835 as Platanthera brachyphylla
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 72 A Rich 1841 as Habenaria crassifolia
* J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 188 Aitch. 1882
The Orchids of Bombay Santapau & Kapadia 1966 Drawings fide;
Indian Orchids Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as H crassifolia;
Orchids of Nilgris Joseph 1987 as H crassifolia drawing fide;
The Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as H crassifolia drawing fide;
Orchids of Odisha Misra 2014 as H crassifolia drawing fide;
Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 photo ok;
Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018 photo Fide;
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