Habenaria conopodes Ridl. 1886 SECTION Pentaceras [Thou] Schlechter 1915

Drawing and collection sheet by © Jany Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name The ? Mosquito Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Antananarivo province of Madagascar in savannahs on rocks at elevations around 1000 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with lanceolate, acuminate leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, to 8" [20 cm] long, laxly, many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate-acuminate, as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying yellow green flowers.

Similar to H arachnoides in the flowers and H lancifolia is similar in plant habit.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 124 Ridley 1886

Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81;

Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb and Bosser 2007;

A Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009

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