Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr., Sp. Blancoan. 112 (1918).
Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr.; Photo Nguyen Van Canh
Vietnamese name:
Hà biện lục, Kiến cò trắng.
Chinise name:
南方玉凤花 nan fang yu feng hua
Common Name:
The Malinta Habenaria (An area in the Philippines?)
Latin Name:
Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr.
Family:
Orchidaceae
Synonym Name:
Habenaria dentata var. ecalcarata (King & Pantl.) Hand.-Mazz.
Habenaria dentata f. ecalcarata (King & Pantl.) Tuyama
Habenaria dentata subsp. ecalcarata (King & Pantl.) Panigrahi & Murti
Habenaria geniculata var. ecalcarata King & Pantl.
Kraenzlinorchis malintana (Blanco) Szlach.
Thelymitra malintana Blanco
Description:
Terrestrial. Whole plant about 30 to 65 cm in height. Lower part of stem sheathed, middle leafy and upper part bracteate. Leaves 4 to 6 cm long, oblong to elliptic, 5 nerved, the base of the leaf narrowed into a long tubular sheath. Spike 4 to 7 cm long, laxly flowered. Flowers white. Sepals sub-equal, broadly ovate, acute, spreading, the lateral pair sub-erect. Petals narrowly oblong, sub-acute, curved inwards, shorter than the sepals. Lip as long as the sepals, lanceolate, always curved upwards. Spur totally absent. Stigmas united.
Distribution:
Found in the Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam. In VietNam, found in, Lai châu, Sơn La, Lào Cai, Hà Sơn Bình.
Ecological:
Forests, grasslands; at elevations of 500-1300 m.
Reference:
- theplantlist.org
- efloras.org
- orchidspecies.com
- ipni.org
- indiabiodiversity.org
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