Habenaria xanthochlora Schltr.

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Along road to ChoziView, Nyika National Park

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Frequency:	Uncommon
Status:	Native
Description:	Terrestrial herb 40–70 cm high. Stem leafy with 8-12 leaves, lanceolate, up to 10 cm, long, lowermost sheathing, upper ones grading into bracts. Inflorescence 10–20 cm long, fairly densely many-flowered; bracts lanceolate, up to 27 mm long, overtopping the flowers. Flowers curving outwards, green outside, yellowish inside. Dorsal sepal broadly lanceolate, convex, 6-7 mm long; lateral sepals spreading, oblong or oblong-elliptic, a bit longer and narrower than dorsal sepal. Petals entire, narrowly lanceolate, c. 5.5 mm long, curved. Lip 3-lobed with undivided base c. 2 mm long; all lobes narrowly lanceolate, 5.5–7 mm long, the mid-lobe longer and broader than the side lobes, pointing outwards; spur 5–6 mm long.
Type location:	Tanzania
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	xanthochlora: yellow-green.
Habitat:	Montane grassland.
Altitude range:	2135 - 2350 m
Flowering time:	Feb - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania and the Nyika in Malawi and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Mc
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Content last updated:	Friday 8 March 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 328. La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995). Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1) Page 68. La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 56. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 122. Williamson, G. (1977). The Orchids of South Central Africa J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London. Pages 40 - 41. (Includes a picture).

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