Habenaria epipactidea
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Cradle area, Gauteng
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Cradle area, Gauteng
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Cradle area, Gauteng
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| Synonyms: |
Habenaria foliosa (Sw.) Rchb.f. Habenaria hircina Rchb.f. Habenaria perfoliata Kraenzl. Habenaria polyphylla Kraenzl. Habenaria rautanenii Kraenzl. Habenaria schinzii Rolfe Orchis foliosa Sw. |
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| Status: | Native |
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Terrestrial herb up to 50 cm high; tubers c. 4 × 1.5 cm, ovoid, woolly. Stem with 8–15 overlapping leaves, the lowermost 1–2 sheath-like, the upper ones bract-like, the largest in the middle, lanceolate, 5–12 cm long; margin often undulate. Inflorescence densely 5 to many-flowered, up to 16 cm long; bracts lanceolate, up to 25 mm long. Flowers white or greenish-white. Dorsal sepal ovate, erect, convex, 8–10 mm long; lateral sepals spreading, curved-lanceolate, 9–12 mm long; petals entire, orbicular to elliptic, 8–10 mm long, rounded. Lip 3-lobed almost to the base, 10–14 mm long, side lobes much shorter and narrower than mid-lobe; spur 18–30 mm long, swollen towards the tip. |
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Angola |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 19. Fibeck, W. & Dare, M. (1993). Terrestrial Orchids in Zimbabwe. Excelsa 16 Page 63. Geerinck, D. (1988). Orchidaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV Page 582. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 181. Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 83. Also as Habenaria chlorotica Johnson, S., Bytebier, B, & Stärker H. (2015). Orchids of South Africa, a Field Guide Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 340. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Pages 71 - 73. Linder, H.P. & Kurzweil, H. (1999). Orchids of Southern Africa A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, the Netherlands ISBN 90-5410-445-7 Pages 115 - 116. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 96. McMurtry, D., Grobler, L., Grobler, J. & Burns, S. (2008). Field Guide to the ORCHIDS of Northern South Africa and Swaziland Umdaus Press, PO Box 11059 Hatfield 0028 South Africa Pages 78 - 79. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 128. Stewart, J. & Campbell, B. (1996). Orchids of Kenya Timber Press Inc, Portland Oregon, USA ISBN0-88192-357-5 Page 134. (Includes a picture). |
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