Submission of Habenaria panigrahiana

[Lalithamba Avadhanam]

Habenaria panigrahiana S.Misra, Blumea 27: 213. 1981. 

Family: Orchidaceae

Description:

Tuberous geophyte, 20-30 cm tall. Tuber globose, 1-2cm across. Leaves alternate, lamina elliptic-lanceolate, 5-10 × 1.5-3.5cm, margin entire. Flowers greenish, 1.5-2cm long, on 15-20 cm long terminal lax spike. Bracts ovate-lanceolate. Sepals 3, oblique, similar attached to the top of the ovary. Petals 6, greenish, entire, linear, lip spurred, 3 lobed, mid lobe narrow and longer than laterals. Pollinia enclosed in tubes. Ovary inferior, 3 lobed, oblong. Capsule curved and beaked; seeds many, dusty. 

Habitat & location: Endemic to E.Ghats. Rare. Found in cool shady places near water falls in hill side forests. Photographed at Malleswaram kona.

Thank you

Regards

A.Lalithamba 

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Lalithamba ji

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[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Yes this does look like Habenaria panigrahiana. Thanks a lot for sharing.

I kind of dislike when people put their name and signature over the flowers, as it hides the main characters. I would humbly request to put your signature a bit away from main characters.

You might be interested in checking following article and accordingly do the taxonomic enumeration:

Kumar, P., K.M.Prabhukumar, T.K.Nirmesh, V.B.Sreekumar, V.S.Hareesh & I.Balachandran. 2016. Habenaria sahyadrica (Orchidaceae, Orchideae) a new species from the Western Ghats (India) with critical notes on allied taxa. Phytotaxa 244 (2): 196–200.

http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.244.2.8

[Ushadi Micromini]

Agree with Pankaj about the position of the signature

I would prefer for people to use a watermark also if they are very apprehensive

or draw something that nobody can dulpicate or remove in places on the picture that you onlyy know

catch a thief readily that way

usha di

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Sorry, I just had a relook at your description. I will again sound like a critic but I truly wish to help you.

Send this description to any one you know , I am sure most of them will not even think of this as an orchid, even if someone thinks, they can't reach to Habenaria.

Your description has lot of mistakes marked in bold:

Tuberous geophyte, 20-30 cm tall. Tuber globose, 1-2cm across. Leaves alternate, lamina elliptic-lanceolate, 5-10 × 1.5-3.5cm, margin entire. Flowers greenish, 1.5-2cm long, on 15-20 cm long terminal lax spike. Bracts ovate-lanceolate. Sepals 3, oblique, similar attached to the top of the ovary. Petals 6, greenish, entire, linear, lip spurred, 3 lobed, mid lobe narrow and longer than laterals. Pollinia enclosed in tubes. Ovary inferior, 3 lobed, oblong. Capsule curved and beaked; seeds many, dusty. 

Main characters of Habenaria lies in rostellum and stigma on the rostellum which are missing.

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