MO013 : Habenaria foliosa A. Rich |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
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| Class |
: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Order |
: Orchidales |
| Family |
: Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
| Genus |
: Habenaria Willd. - bog orchid |
| Species |
: Habenaria foliosa A. Rich |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Dharni |
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| Plant Category : |
Orchid |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
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| Plant Family : |
Orchidaceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Gibson's Habenaria • Marathi: Ugra Habe-amri |
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| Synonym : |
Habenaria digitata var. foliosa (A. Rich) Hook.f.
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| Description : |
Herbs, 15-30 cm tall with dense racemes. Flowers white. Tuberous herbs. Leaves to 11 x 2.5 cm, equidistant, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, mucronate, glabrous. Scape to 10 cm long, flowers white, about 5, to 1.5 cm across. Dorsal sepal elliptic, concave 6 x 7 mm; laterals falcate, 1 x 0.5 cm. Petals 2-partite, lobes linear, upper 7 x 1 m, lower 5 x 1 mm. Lip deeply 3-lobed, lobes linear, minutely warty; midlobe 1.3 x 0.1 cm; side lobes 1 cm long; spur longer than ovary. a terrestrial herb, growing to 20-45 cm high. Tubers are 2-3 cm. Prominent leaves are 5-15 cm long, alternately arranged, ovate, acute, margins wavy, paler in color. White, foul-smelling or scentless flowers are 2 cm across. Flowers are turned to one side. Flowers have pale green 3 cm bracts. Sepals and petals are white in color. Petals are 2-lipped - upper segment is sickle shaped and the lip is white and 3-lobed. White spur is 1.7 cm long, green at the tip. Flowering: August. |
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| Reference : |
~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :
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