Habenaria

Finding

SITF has confirmed this plant to be Habenaria trichosantha (Feb 2023); plant is correct based on shape of the side lobes, the minutely pubescent floral bract margins and the sessile and clasping leaves; good supporting photos on the SOF, the IOSPE and the New Zealand website: "iNaturalist".

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 56 cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 6

Leaf Length: 15 cm

Leaf Width: 5.2 cm

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Leaf Petiole Length: none

Inflorescence Overall Length: 46 cm

Inflorescence Arrangement: erect, spiral

Floral Bracts Length: 4.0 cm

Floral Bracts Width: 0.5 cm

Ovary Length: 3.4 cm

Ovary Width: 0.5 cm

Ovary Shape: sulcate

Ovary Color: light green

Ovary Texture: glabrous

Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.0 cm

Flower Natural Spread Width: 5. cm

Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.4 cm

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.6 cm

Lateral Sepals Length: 1.6 cm

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.7 cm

Petals Length: 1.1 cm

Petals Width: 0.1 cm

Judging Center: Atlanta

Award Number: 20222101

Award Date: November 12, 2022

Habenaria trichosantha Lindl.
First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 324 (1835)
This species is accepted.
The native range of this species is Bhutan to N. Thailand. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

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