Compilation
Habenaria elegantula

Slender terrestrial herb 12–45 cm tall; tubers 8–18 × 5–10 mm, ellipsoid to globose, densely tomentose.Leaves 5–16, the lowermost 3–9 forming a basal tuft, spreading; the rest spaced along the stem, becoming bract-like.Largest leaf 1.5–6 cm long, 2–8 mm wide, linear or linear-lanceolate.Inflorescence compact, up to c. 3 cm long, densely 1–6(9)-flowered.Flowers yellow-orange to deep-orange, suberect.Ovary and pedicel 14–20 mm long, arching; bracts 7–18 mm long.Dorsal sepal erect, 6.5–12 × 3.5–9.5 mm, broadly ovate, very acute, the tip often slightly reflexed, convex; lateral sepals deflexed, 4.5–11.5 × 2–3.5 mm, obliquely lanceolate, acute.Petals erect, 4.5–11 × 1.5–3 mm, curved lanceolate, adnate to dorsal sepal.Lip 5–12 mm long with tooth-like lobes 1–2 mm long at base; mid-lobe 2 mm wide, ligulate, obtuse, fleshy; spur 9–15 mm long, pendent or slightly incurved.Anther 2.5–4.5 mm high, erect, obtuse or apiculate; canals 1–2.5 mm long, porrect.Stigmatic arms 1.5–3 mm long, clavate, horizontal or decurved.Rostellum erect, mid-lobe 1–2.5 mm long, triangular, acute, the side lobes shorter and truncate.