Habenaria dives Rchb.f. 1867 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

Inflorescence in situ Cape Province SA

Plant and Flowers in situ Cape Province Photos by © Cameron McMasters

Common Name The Rich Blooming Habenaria

Flower Size 1/3" [8mm]

Found in the Lesotho, Swaziland, Cape Provine, Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal South Africa in well drained grasslands at elevations of 150 to 2450 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with numerous, suberect, cauline leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, lax, to 24" [60 cm] long, numerous [20 to 70] flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Habenaria orangana Rchb.f. 1881

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1881 as H orangana; Wild Orchids of Southern Africa Stewart, Linder, Schelpe & Hall 1982 photo fide; Field Guide to the Orchids of Northern South Africa and Swaziland McMurty, Grobler, Grobler & Burns 2008 photo fide;

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