Habenaria uhehensis
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Habit
Miombo woodland
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Miombo woodland
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Miombo woodland
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Miombo woodland
Mutinondo Wilderness Lodge
Feb 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Habenaria lurida Schltr. Habenaria modica Summerh. Habenaria tenuifolia Summerh. |
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| Description: |
Terrestrial herb up to 50 cm tall; stem leafy, lowest sheath-like, mid-stem leaves largest up to 3-13 x 0.8-2.8 cm; inflorescence laxly to densely few to many-flowered; flowers green, yellow-green or green and white; spur 8-20 mm long, pendent or slightly incurved and swollen towards the apex. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
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| Flowering time: | Feb - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola east to DRC and Tanzania south to Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial, terrestrial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 328. Fibeck, W. & Dare, M. (1993). Terrestrial Orchids in Zimbabwe. Excelsa 16 Page 64. As Habenaria modica Grosvenor, R.K. (1976). A list of orchids indigenous in Rhodesia. Excelsa 6 Page 83. As Habenaria modica La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 87. La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 67. also as Habenaria modica and Habenaria tenuifolia (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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 176. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 122. Also as Habenaria modica Summerhayes, V.S. (1962). African orchids XXVIII Kew Bulletin 16(2) Pages 269 - 270. also the Protologue as Habenaria modica 263-265 (Includes a picture). Vollesen, K. & Merrett, L. (2019). Field Guide to the (wetter) Zambian Miombo Woodland. Part 1 (Ferns & Monocots) GVPedia Communications Page 146. (Includes a picture). Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Page 47. Also as Habenaria modica and H. tenuifolia |
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