Habenaria dracaenifolia Schltr. 1905 SECTION Salaccenses

InflorescencePhotos courtesy of © Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz and their Website

partial shade Hot Warm spring

Common Name The Dracaenia-Like Leaf Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in New Guinea in humus in forests at elevations of 700 to 1000 meters as a hot to warm growing terrestrial that blooms in the spring

I am not sure of this determination, does not conform perfectly with Schlechter's 1912 drawings

Synonyms Habenaria dracaenifolia var. laxa Schltr. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914 drawing so-so

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