Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr.

Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr., Sp. Blancoan. 112 (1918).

Habenaria malintana
Habenaria malintana
Habenaria malintana

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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