Habenaria sigillum Thouars 1822
Photos by © François Vandeschricke and The Orchidees de Reunion Website
Drawing by © Thouars and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Specimen by © Thouars and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
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Common Name The Seal or Signet Habenaria
Flower Size 1 to 1.8" [2.5 to 4.5 cm]
Found in Reunion in wet forests at elevations of 500 to 1000 meters as a medium to giant sized, warm growing terrestrial with pleated, reed-like leaves that blooms in the late summer and fall on a terminal, erect, several to many flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Habenaria sigillum var. angusta Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895; Habenaria sigillum var. cruenta Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895; Habenaria sigillum var. lata Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895; Habenorkis sigillahenis Thouars 1822
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique : t 20 Thouars 1822 drawing fide;
Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique : t 20 Thouars 1822 as Habenorkis sigillahenis
Fl. Réunion: 258 Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895 as H sigillum var. angusta
Fl. Réunion: 258 Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895 as H sigillum var. cruenta
Fl. Réunion: 258 Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895 as H sigillum var. lata
Orchidees de La Reunion Bernet 2010 photo fide;
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