Prev Taxon: Genus Habenaria section Acuiferae
Current Genus: Genus Habenaria section Chlorinae
Next Taxon: Genus Habenaria section Hologlossa
Habenaria torricellensis Schltr. in K.Schum. & Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 80
Type: Schlechter 14323 (holo B, lost)
Synonyms:
Stem erect, stout, rather thick, c. 90 cm long, in basal third with 2-4 closely spaced leaves, in upper part with widely spaced, short-lived, lanceolate, acuminate sheaths. Leaves erect-patent, lanceolate, 25-30 by 4-5 cm, apex acuminate. Inflorescences racemose; rachis 40 cm long, laxely several-flowered. Floral bracts ovate, apex acuminate, half as long or less than half as long as the ovary. Pedicel and ovary 3 cm long, curved, almost rostrate. Flowers resupinate, c. 2 cm across. Dorsal sepal ovate, 1.1 cm by 0.5 mm, concave, apex obtuse. Lateral sepals deflexed, obliquely ovate, c. 1.1 cm long, apex narrowly obtuse, shortly apiculate. Petals subpatent-ascending, obliquely falcate-lanceolate, 1.2 cm long, apex narrowly obtuse. Lip 3-lobed, spurred; lateral lobes strongly divergent, linear, 1.3 cm long, narrowing to the apex, at apex abruptly rolled inwards; mid-lobe linear, 1.2 cm long, narrowing to the apex, knee-like recurved, apex narrowly obtuse; spur pendulous, cylindric, subincurved, 2 cm long, a little widened in apical third. Column with low, broadly obtuse rostellum. Stigmatophores very short, obtuse. Anther channels porrect, short. (After Schlechter, 1905).
Sepals and petals greenish, lip yellow.
Terrestrial in hill forest. Altitude 700 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Warm-intermediate growing terrestrial, keep in shade.
April.
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