Habenaria keyensis Schltr. 1911 SECTION Chlorinae

TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz Website

Common Name The Kei Habenaria [refers to Kei a Department of the Moluccas]

Flower Size

Found on Maluku island in the Moluccas as a medium sized, terrestrial with an erect, terminal, thin, glabrous stem carrying 6 to 8, erect patent to patent, lanceolate-ligulate, acute to acuminate, glabrous leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, terminal, 6.4" [16 cm] long, cylindrical, densely many flowered inflorescence with erect-patent, lanceolae, acuminate, glabrous, equal to to slightly shorter than the flowers floral bracts.

H keyensis is closely related to H dryadum but with evenly spaced, leafy stems and differently proportioned pletals and lip.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos,Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 337 Schlechter 1911

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