Acc to Flora of Mah. BSI there are two varities of Habenaria marginata.
1. Flowers numerous; ovary obscurely beaked ... var. *
marginata*
1. Flowers few; ovary distinctly beaked ...
var. *flavescens*
With present observation I can't comment about the variety.
Regards
Dr Phadke
On 30 September 2010 20:44, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Habenaria marginata
> I had last spotted this ground orchid on Hanuman Tekdi on 2 Oct 2008.
> Earlier I had seen this near ShivapurKhed, Last year I couldn't spot any.
> Thank God I could spot this today in large numbers on the grasslands of
> Mhatoba Tekdi base near Vanaz in Pune city.
> It is great to see this terrestrial orchid at least in some part of the
> city itself
> Dr Phadke
>
