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Habenaria epipactidea
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Cradle area, Gauteng
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Cradle area, Gauteng
Photo: Richard Gill
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 |
| Description: |
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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| Habitat: | In grassland and open woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E |
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| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 25 March 2019 |
| 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. 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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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Habenaria epipactideaAfrican Plant Database: Habenaria epipactidea
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