Habenaria lindleyana Steud. 1840

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Common Name Lindley's Habenaria [John Lindley English Botanist and Taxomonist 1800's]

Flower Size 1 3/4" [4 cm]

Found in [some cite Malasia?] Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam at elevations of meters as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte needing a dry winter rest with a rosette of basal leaves that blooms in the late summer and fall on a terminal, many [15] flowered inflorescence with successive opening flowers.

Synonyms Habenaria columbae Ridl.1900; Habenaria latifolia Lindl. 1835; Habenaria macroptera Gagnep. 1931

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Beautiful Thai Orchid Species Kamemoto & Sagarik 1975 photo fide;

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