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Orchid Species: Habenaria elongata

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Habenaria elongata is an orchid species identified by R.Br. in 1810.
Genus
Habenaria (Hab.)
Grex
elongata
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
R.Br.
Year
1810
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ORIGIN: Found in the Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea and Queensland Australia at elevations of sea level to 400 meters in open woodlands and among grass on exposed coastal bluffs, headlands and islands.

DESCRIPTION: Large to giant sized, hot growing terrestrial with 2 to 4, basal, blue green to mid green leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, 12 to 24 [30 to 60 cm] long, 8 to 20 flowered inflorescence and carries faintly fragrant flower in the early evening.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.8 to 1 inch [2 to 2.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Habenaria Hab millari 1891 F.M.Bailey
Add+ Habenaria Hab mutica 1841 Span.
Add+ Pecteilis Pec elongata 2018 (R.Br.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Pecteilis Pec leptophylla 2018 (Renz) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Pecteilis Pec mutica 2018 (Span.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Add+ Habenaria Hab leptophylla 2002 (Renz) D.L.Jones
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