Habenaria pelorioides E.C.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874 SECTION Macroceratitis Kraenzl
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EARLY
Common Name The Bizarre Habenaria
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in India, Assam and Myanmar as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with 2 tubers giving rise to an erect stem carrying all along the stem, ovate to slightly cordate, acute leaves that blooms in the early spring on an erect, 1.6" [4 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate bracts and lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts.
Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 cites this species as a synonym of H malintana but I have left them separate for now.
Ames states that the tubes of this species are edible.
CAUTION I have no way of knowing if this determination is correct so use with caution.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; 5 The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol II Ames 1908; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol V Ames 1915; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Orchid Genera in Thailand V Orchioideae Seidenfaden 1977; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Flora Of Thailand Orchidaceae Vol 12 Part 1 Pedersen, Kurzweil, Suddee & Cribb 2011 as H malintana
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