Habenaria foliosa A. Rich
MO013 : Habenaria foliosa A. Rich
| Plant Category | : | Orchid |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Habenaria digitata var. foliosa (A. Rich) Hook.f.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Gibson's Habenaria • Marathi: Ugra Habe-amri |
| Plant Family | : | Orchidaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, 15-30 cm tall with dense racemes. Flowers white. Tuberous herbs. Leaves to 11 x 2.5 cm, equidistant, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, mucronate, glabrous. Scape to 10 cm long, flowers white, about 5, to 1.5 cm across. Dorsal sepal elliptic, concave 6 x 7 mm; laterals falcate, 1 x 0.5 cm. Petals 2-partite, lobes linear, upper 7 x 1 m, lower 5 x 1 mm. Lip deeply 3-lobed, lobes linear, minutely warty; midlobe 1.3 x 0.1 cm; side lobes 1 cm long; spur longer than ovary. a terrestrial herb, growing to 20-45 cm high. Tubers are 2-3 cm. Prominent leaves are 5-15 cm long, alternately arranged, ovate, acute, margins wavy, paler in color. White, foul-smelling or scentless flowers are 2 cm across. Flowers are turned to one side. Flowers have pale green 3 cm bracts. Sepals and petals are white in color. Petals are 2-lipped - upper segment is sickle shaped and the lip is white and 3-lobed. White spur is 1.7 cm long, green at the tip. Flowering: August. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dharni |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229838
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Gibson%27s%20Habenaria.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Lilidae |
| Order | : Orchidales |
| Family | : Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
| Genus | : Habenaria Willd. - bog orchid |
| Species | : Habenaria foliosa A. Rich |