~Habenaria recurva Rolfe ex Downie 1925 - See Habenaria lucida Wall. ex Lindl. 1835 Photo by David Kuehn

Deep Shade Hot Summer

Common Name The Crooked Habenaria

Flower Size .5" [1.25 cm]

Found as a hot growing terrestrial orchid in Thailand at elevations around 350 to 1300 meters that blooms in the summer on an erect, several flowered inflorescence.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flore Generale de Indo-Chine Volume 6 Gagnepain 1934; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfadden and Smitinand 1959 drawing, photo fide