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Orchid Species: Habenaria mairei
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Habenaria mairei is an orchid species identified by Schltr. in 1919.
ORIGIN: Found in western Hubei, western Sichuan, northwestern Yunnan and southeastern Xizang China in mixed forests or on scrubby and grassy slopes at elevations of 2400 to 3400 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with oblong to ovoid tubers giving rise to an erect, rather stout stems and carrying 5 to 7, elliptic-ligulate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, amplexicaul below leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, racemose, to 6 [15 cm] long, several to 10 flowered inflorescence with elliptic-lanceolate bracts and rather large, fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.2 inches [3 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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