Habenaria amoena Summerh. 1956 SECTION Pentaceras [Thou] Schlechter 1915

Plant In Situ Zimbabwe Photos by Bart Wursten ©, and his Flora Of Zimbabwe WebSite

Fragrance Partial Shade Warm Fall

Common Name The Beautiful Habenaria

Flower Size .65" [1.6 cm]

Found in Zaire, Tanzania,Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe on rocky hillsides in Brachystegia woodland at elevations of 800 to 1800 meteres where it may may form small colonies as a medium sized, warm growing terrestrial that has narrowly oblanceolate leaves all along the stem, the lowest leaves normally about 8 cm above ground, the largest leaves in the middle and blooms in the fall on a 4 to 10" [10 to 25 cm] long, laxly many-flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuimnate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying fragrant flowers

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 1 Summerhayes 1968; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 1 Pope 1995;