Habenaria nigerica Summerh. 1953 publ. 1954 Drawing and collection sheet by © Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Nigerian Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in senegal, Togo and Nigeria in open savanna and woodland as a small sized terrestrial with a rather stout, erct, glabrous, leafy stem carrying 6 to 7, increasing in size up the stem, longest just beneath the inflorescence, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] long, laxly several to many flowered inflorescence carrying yellowish green flowers .

CAUTION!!! The collection sheet above is listed as Habenaria cf nigerica so it is not verified to be the species, so please use with caution!

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaaceae of West Central Africa Vol 1 Szlachetko etal 2010 drawing ok;

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