Habenaria polyschista Schltr. 1905 Drawing by © Howcroft

TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter

Collection sheet and Drawing Drawing by © Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part shade Warm

Common Name The Many Cleft Habenaria [Refers to the lip]

Flower Size .72" [1.8 cm]

Found in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in primary rainforests at elevations around 650 meters as a large to giant sized, warm growing terrestrial with an eret stem carrying basal, suberect, lanceolate, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, to 24" [60 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate floral bracts and carrying pale green with a yellow lipped and spurred flowers.

Synonyms Habenaria ramosa R.S.Rogers & C.T.White 1920

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912 drawing fide; A Guide to the Monocotyledons of Papua New Guinea Part 4 Orchidaceae [in Part] Howcroft 1984 drawing; Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 drawing fide; Checklist of Papusian Orchids Ormerod 2017;

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