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Habenaria variabilis

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Name

Identification
Habenaria variabilis Ridl. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Habenaria attenuata
  • Disperis anthoceros
  • Habenaria variabilis
  • Peristylus quartinianus
  • Unknown

Flora

Entry for HABENARIA variabilis Ridl. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
HABENARIA variabilis Ridl. [family ], in Journ. Bot. 1886, 294. —Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 144.
Information
Plant variable in all its parts. Tuber 3/4 in. diam. Stem 1–1 1/2 ft. high, stout. Leaves oblong, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, obtuse, acute or acuminate, appressed to the stem, 4 3/4–5 1/4 in. long, 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad, decreasing upwards and more acute. Racemes dense, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, acute or acuminate. Flowers 1–3 lin. diam. Sepals more or less papillose inside; dorsal ovate, obtuse; lateral deflexed, oblong, acute. Petals simple, ovate, obtuse or acute, forming a hood with the dorsal sepal, more or less papillose inside. Lip trilobed from a cuneate base; lobes subequal, oblong-obtuse; side lobes with the outer margin rounded; spur filiform, incurved, 7–9 lin. long. Stigmatic processes compressed, tuberculate-dentate in front. Anther channels a little shorter.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Begemeder; Jan Meda, Schimper, 1292! Debra Tabor, in pastures, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1265! Mount Guna, 10,000 ft., Schimper, 1304! 1333!
Notes
A very variable species. Ridley makes two varieties, parviflora and acutifolia. I am not sure that all the above belong to a single species.

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