Habenaria pubipetala Summerh. 1942 SECTION Trachypetala Summerh. Photo by © Margaret Westrop and her Flickr Orchid Photo Webpage

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Common Name The Hairy Petaled Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Malawi in evergreen forests, edges of Brachystegia forests and seepage areas at elevtions of 1250 to 2000 meters as a medium to large sized, cool growing terrestrial with ellipsoid tubers giving rise to an erect stem carrying 8 to 10, spaced, 2 lowermost sheathing, the mid-cauline, broadly lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the later summer and fall on a terminal, erect, 6.4 to 12" [16 to 30 cm] long, rather laxly many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Trachypetalum pubipetalum (Summerh.) Szlach. & Sawicka 2003

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 1 Pope 1995;

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