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| Photo: Rahul Prabhu Khanolkar |
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Common name: Panchgani Habenaria • Marathi: पंचगनी हबॆअमरी Panchgani Habe-amri
Botanical name: Habenaria panchganiensis Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Panchgani Habenaria is an orchid named after the place Panchgani where it was
first found. It is a terrestrial herb, growing up to 10-20 cm high. One or
two tubers, oblong, 2 cm. Leaves 3-5, arising from the root, elliptic-oblong,
2-8 cm. Flowers occur in a many-flowered raceme 5-15 cm long. Stalk is round,
rigid and ribbed. Flowers are white and fragrant. White petals are 10-12 mm.
Lip is 15-22 mm. white, broadly ovate, 3-lobed. The straight, greenish white
spur is 8-11 mm long.
| Photographed in Belgaum, Karnataka. |
Identification credit: Rahul Prabhu Khanolkar
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