Habenaria tropophila H.Perrier 1951

Photo by © Jean Bosser

Common Name The Tropic's Loving Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in humid evergreen forests near rocky outcrops at elevations of 100 to 300 meters as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with 2 tubers giving rise to fleshy, broadly ovate leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, dense, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence.

Similar to H hilsenbergii but differs in the attenuateed, non-clasping stem leaves, a very different sepal and labellum shape and cilia on the costules of the sepals, ovary and fruit." Perrier 1951

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 142 H Perrier 1951

Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb & Bosser 2007;

Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009;

Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;

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