Habenaria foliosa A.Rich.1841 SECTION Habenaria
Photo by © Mayuresh Kulkarni
and Nicholas Dalzell’s orchids in western India Sneha Bramhadande
Mayur Nandikar 2023
Drawing by © Matilda Smith and J D Hooker
Common Name The Leafy Habenaria
Flower Size
Found in India in semi-evergreen forests in deep shade at elevations of 400 to 800 meters as a small to medium sized, warm growing terrestrial with an erect stem carrying alternate, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, undulate margined leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, secund, lax, 2 to 6" [5 to 15 cm] long, several flowered inflorescnece with longer than the flowers, ovate-lanceolate floral bracts
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 71 A Rich 1841
Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 42 Jalal & Jayanth 2018
Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 47 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 photo fide;
Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018 photo Fide;
Nicholas Dalzell’s orchids in western India Sneha Bramhadande Mayur Nandikar 2023 photo fide
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