Habenaria cephalotes Lindl. 1835 SECTION Macroceratitis Kraenzl Photo by © Siddarth Machado and The Flora of India WebSite

Drawing Drawing by © Wight and The Plant Illustration WebSite

Fragrant partial sun Cold Summer

Common Name The Head-Shaped Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in southern India at elevations of 2000 to 2500 meters as a mini-miniature to small sized, cold growing terrestrial with2, oblong tubers giving rise to an erect, slender stem with 2 to 3 sheaths towards the base and carrying about 3, at the middle of the stem, short, broad,ovate-elliptic, acute to apiculate, basally clasping leaves grading abruptly to bracts towards the apex that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 5.2 to 10.4" [13 to 26 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminte, erect floral bracts and carrying fragrant, white, shortly stalked flowers.

Synonyms Plantaginorchis cephalotes (Lindl.) Szlach.2004

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Nilgris Joseph 1987 drawing fide; Indian Orchids A Field Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 1 Pradhan 1976 drawing fide

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