Habenaria perpulchra Kraenzl. 1914 SECTION Diphyllae

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Seleck M. and The Copperflora Website

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Common Name The Very Beautiful Habenaria

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Found in Zaire, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania in upland grasslands at elevations of 1300 to 1400 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an ovoid to ellipsoid, densely tomentose tuber giving rise to an erct, rather stout stem carrying a single basal, adpressed to the soil, orbicular, ovate-orbicular to reniform-orbicular, obtuse to apiculate, cordate base leaf and 3 to 7 lanceolate, acute, rather loose sheath-like leaves above that blooms in the later summer on an erect, terminal, 1.2 to 2.6" [3 to 7 cm] long, rather close set, 1 to 5 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute bracts and carrying nearly erect flowers.

Synonyms Arachnaria perpulchra (Kraenzl.) Szlach. 2003; Habenaria platymera Schltr. 1915

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 1 Summerhayes 1968; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 1 Pope 1995; Orchidaceae of West Central Africa Vol 1 Szlatchecko etal 2010 as Arachnaria perpulchra drawing fide

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