Habenaria hirsutitrunci G.Will. 1980 SECTION ReplicataeCollection sheet by © Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria WebSite

partial shade Cool Cold LATER Summer EARLIERFall

Common Name The Hairiest Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Malawi and Zambia in montane grasslands at elevations of 1500 to 2200 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with a leafy stem carrying 7 to 8, lowest sheathing, the middle, semi-erect, linear leaves with the uppermost grading into bracts that blooms late summer and earlier fall on a terminal, erect, 3.6 to 5.2" [9 to 13 cm] long, fairly densely several to many flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Bilabrella hirsutitrunci (G.Will.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003

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

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