Habenaria ternatea Rchb.f. 1876 SECTION Medusiformes Kraenzl Drawing by © J J Smith and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Collection sheet

Type Drawing by © Moseley and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part shade Warm Cool Fall

Common Name The Ternate Habenaria [An Island in the northern Moluccas archipelago]

Flower Size .32" [8 mm]

Found in the Moluccas at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters as a warm to cool growing terrestrial that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, several flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Medusorchis ternatea (Rchb.f.) Szlach. 2004

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Tidsskrift bd 68 hft 1 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand V Seidedenfaden 1973 drawing good; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 31 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand V Orchidoideae Seidenfaden 1977 drawing fide;

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