Habenaria rosulata Ames 1912 Collection sheet and drawing by Ames

Common Name The Light Pink Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Luzon the Philippines along moist river banks at elevations around 75 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot growing terrestrial with a tuber giving rise to a slender stem with 3 to 4 sheaths and carrying in a basal rosette, linear leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, few flowered inflorescence with 1/3rd as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying odorless, white flowers..

Similar to H vanoverbergii but H rosulata has narrower leaves, light pink colored flowers, a thicker spur and wider sepals.

Similar to H vanoverbergii but it has broader leaves, green flowers, a more slender spur and narrower sepals.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol V Ames 1915; Orchidiana Philippiniana vol 1 Valmayor 1984;

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