Habenaria pubescens Lindl. 1835 SECTION Commelynifoliae
Photo by © Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi and AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE ORCHIDS OF WESTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. 2015
Drawing by © Som Deva & H.B. Naithani and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Drawing by © H. Hormusji and the Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 9(2): t. 135 Duthie 1906
TYPE photo of H pubescens var. nepalensis
TYPE Drawing of H pubescens var. nepalensis
TYPE Drawing/photo by © Raskoti and Taiwania 68: 122 Raskoti 2023
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Common Name The Hairy Habenaria
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in the western Himalayas and Nepal at elevations of 600 to 2000 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with elongate, stout, often divided tubers givingrise to a short, pubescent stem enveloped basally by 2 to 3, tight fitting sheaths and carrying crowded towards the base of the stem , broadly lanceolate, acuminate, undulate margined, ciliolate leaves that blooms in the later summer and early fall on a terminal, erect, 5.2" [13 cm] long, laxly 15 to 20 flowered inflorescence with ovate, acuminate, pubescent, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying greenish yellow flowers.
Synonyms Habenaria pubescens var. nepalensis Raskoti 2023
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 322 Lindley 1835
Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 9(2): 293 Duthie 1906
Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. 9(2): t. 135 Duthie 1906 drawing fide
Indian Orchids A Field Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 1 Pradhan 1976 drawing fide;
Orchids of North West Himalaya Deva & Naithani 1986 drawing fide;
LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015 photo fide;
Taiwania 68: 122 Raskoti 2023 as H pubescens var. nepalensis
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