Habenaria kingii Hook.f. 1890 SECTION Commelynifoliae Kraenzl 1893
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Common Name King's Habenaria [English Director of Royal Botanical Garden in Calcutta late 1800's]
Flower Size
Found in Thailand and Perak state of Malaysia around limestone areas at elvations around 960 to 1550 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial that blooms on a 12" [30 cm] long inflorescence, a dorsal sepal that is .24" [6 mm] long, lateral sepals with .24" [6 mm] long upper edges and a similar width, the petals are narrower and blunt, the lip has a midlobe that is not as strongly bent as in H reflexa and the anther canals are not projecting more than .16" [4 mm].
" H reflexa is similar but H kingii differs in the shape of the lateral sepals, the long dorsal and in the petals and spur." Hooker 1890
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos,Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Fl. Brit. India 6: 144 Hooker 1890
Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Penninsula Ridley 1907;
Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Orchidaceae Holttum 1957 drawing fide;
The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959;
Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 31 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand V Orchidoideae Seidenfaden 1977 drawing fide;
The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden 1992 drawing fide;
Checklist of Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Saw and Chung 2017;
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