Habenaria furcifera Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Habenaria

Characteristics

Plants to 50 cm tall. Tubers oblong, 4-5 × 2-2.5 cm, fleshy. Stem erect, terete, slender, glabrous, with 6 leaves below middle and 11 sparse bractlike leaves above. Leaf blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 8-18 × 3-6.5 cm, base contracted into amplexicaul sheath, apex acuminate or acute. Raceme densely many flowered, 9.5-13 cm, glabrous; floral bracts lanceolate, 7-15 mm, slightly shorter than or nearly as long as ovary, apex long acuminate. Flowers greenish, small, glabrous. Dorsal sepal forming a concave hood with petals, ovate, ca. 4 × 3 mm, 3-veined, apex acute; lateral sepals reflexed, obliquely oblong-lanceolate, ca. 4.5 × 2 mm, 3-veined, apex subobtuse. Petals lanceolate, concave, ca. 4 × 1.7 mm, with 1 vein, attenuate toward apex, apex subobtuse; lip 3-lobed from base; lobes linear; lateral lobes slightly curved, ca. 7 mm; mid-lobe erect, ca. 5 mm; spur pendulous, curved, ca. 17 mm, much longer than ovary, slender; stigmas suboblong, small. Fl. Sep. 2n = 42.
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A ground orchid. It grows to about 50 cm high. It has oval tubers 4-5 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The leaves do not have stalks. The leaves are 8-11 cm long by 2-3.5 cm wide. They are oval and taper. The flowers are green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.55
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 150-600 m altitude. It grows in moist, shady places. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The tender shoots and leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed or false bulbs.
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Images

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Distribution

Habenaria furcifera world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:637281-1
WFO ID wfo-0000977656
COL ID 6KWWL
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Synonyms

Habenaria furcifera Habenaria hamigera Habenaria modesta Habenaria ovalifolia Habenaria tenuicornis