Habenaria medusa Kraenzl. 1893Photos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page

Full shade Hot Warm Spring Summer

Common Name The Medusa-Like Habenaria [refers to the side lobes of the lip]

Flower Size 3 1/2" [9 cm]

Found in Laos, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi and Sumatra at elevations around 600 meters as a medium sized [in flower], hot growing terrestrial with 4 to 5, lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a terminal, to 16" [40 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence. ,

Synonyms Fimbrorchis medusa (Kraenzl.) Szlach.2004; Fimbrorchis myriotricha (Gagnep.) Szlach. 2004; Fimbrorchis myriotricha var. confluens (Gagnep.) Szlach 2004; Habenaria myriotricha Gagnep. 1931; Habenaria myriotricha var. confluens Gagnep.1934

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/85

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