Yes this is deformed form of Habenaria dentata, which is infact the case with Habenaria malintana too. Habenaria dentata is a self compatible species which seems also to lose pollen from its own pollinia on its stigma. This causes a lot of inbreeding, resulting in showing up of a lot of deformities. And hence so many names and fake new species both from India and abroad. Very interesting to see it still has a spur attached to it. Habenaria malintana has a very tiny spur or almost none. My idea was not to merge all under H. dentata but to keep the spurred plant with H. dentata and non-spurred plant with H. malintana. I would call this a deformed Habenaria dentata.
On Fri, 13 Sept 2024 at 06:04, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Saroj ji > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 6 Sept 2024 at 11:13 > Subject: Habenaria malintana (Blanco) Merr. > To: efloraindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < > [email protected]> > > > Dear Members, > > Location: Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal > Date: 03 September 2024 > Elevation: 1400m. > Habitat : Wild > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- -- *Pankaj Kumar* MSc, PhD, FLS IUCN-SSC Red List Authority for Orchids of Asia IUCN-SSC: Chinese Species Specialist Group, Orchid Specialist Group of Asia, Global Trade Subgroup, Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group. Hong Kong Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan *Institute of Environment, Florida International University **& **Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida, USA* *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] | *Phone*: +1 806 317 7623 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABpo8%3D3n86dyEZHyDpYueFNy4xbmBpmQAnyMVN8f6Aw_mpZk4Q%40mail.gmail.com.
