Habenaria nigerica Summerh. 1953 publ. 1954 SECTION Commelynifoliae Kraenzl. 1892
Holotype, Drawing and collection sheets by © Summerhayes/Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Nigerian Habenaria
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Senegal, Togo and Nigeria in open savanna and woodland at elevations below 700 meters as a small sized, warm growing terrestrial with a rather stout, erct, glabrous, leafy stem carrying 6 to 7, increasing in size up the stem, longest just beneath the inflorescence, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] long, laxly several to many flowered inflorescence foliaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying pale yellowish green to greenish yellow flowers.
"H nigerica has a very characteristic habit with a rosette of leaves just below the inflorescence." Szlachetko etal 2010
CAUTION!!! The collection sheet above is listed as Habenaria cf nigerica so it is not verified to be the species, so please use with caution!
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Kew Bull. 8: 575 Summerhayes 1953 publ. 1954 Orchidaceae of West Central Africa Vol 1: 140 Szlachetko etal 2010 drawing ok;
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