Long-Horned Habenaria is a terrestrial orchid with
stem 10-40 cm tall. Leaves are up to 12 x 2.5 cm, clustered towards the
middle of the stem, linear-oblong, lanceshaped, pointed or
long-pointed. Flowering stem is up to 25 cm tall. Flowers are up to 8,
2.5 cm across, bracts shorter than the 2.5 cm long ovary, sepals ovate,
pointed, petals linear-oblong, narrower, lip 3-partite, side lobes 1.2
x 0.5 cm, wedge-shaped, tip obliquely flat, frilly, mid-lobe linear,
shorter. Spur is up to 10 cm long, tip club-shaped. Long-Horned
Habenaria is found in Peninsular India. Flowering: September-October.
Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar
Photographed at Nandi Hills, Karnataka.
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