Habenaria lindblomii Schltr. 1922 SECTION Diphyllae Kraenzl. Photo courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

Common Name Lindblom's Habenaria

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe in open grasslands or in woodlands at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with ovoid, villious tubers giving rise to an erect stem with 2 basal, adpressed to the ground, ovate to reniform, apiculate, fleshy leaves and 5 to 10 bract-like leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, 2.8 to 7.6" [7 to 19 cm] long, laxly to densely 8 to many flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers

Synonyms Arachnaria lindblomii (Schltr.) Szlach. 2003; Habenaria verdickii var. lindblomii (Schltr.) Geerinck1983

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 1 Summerhayes 1968; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing ok; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984 as H verdickii var lindblomii; Flora Zambesiaca Volume 11 Part one Pope 1995 photo fide; Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996; Orchidaceae of West Central Africa Vol 1 Szlatchecko etal 2010 as Arachnaria lindblomii drawing fide

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