Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.
In Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 323 (1835)
Pecteilis plantaginea (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones in Austral. Orchid Rev. 83(6): 53 (2018)
Plantaginorchis plantaginea (Lindl.) Szlach. in Richardiana 4: 65 (2004)
Ecology: Terrestrial herb about 20 to 40cm tall, growing on humus rich soil in rocky areas on slopes under dense shade of trees, they are either solitary or growing in small groups
Tuber: 2 unequal suborbicular to elliptic
Leaves: 3-5 radical or sub radical, more or less spreading on ground, uppermost usually small bract like2-13x0.5-3mm oblong, acute, entire, minutely papillate
Inflorescence: f20-30cm lax, few flowered, secund or sub secund raceme.
Peduncle long, terete, bracteate, longitudinally ribbed
Flowers: white, bracteate, shortly pedicellate
Bracts: 1.5x0.4cm much shorter than ovary, ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 3 nerved
Sepals white unqual entire minutely denticulate 3 nerved
Dorsal sepal 5x2.5mm ovate subacute
Lateral sepals 6x4mm obliquely or falcately oblong subacute
Petals: 4-5x1.5-2mm, white linear subspathulate, acute, entire minutely &irregularly denticulate, 1 nerved
Lip: 7-12x7-9mm. white narrowly clawed at the base, ovate-oblong 3 lobed
Lateral lobes 5-7x3-4mm obliquely ovate, sub cuneate, truncate denticulate to the acute apex, longer than mid lobe
Mid lobe 4-6x1.5-2mm, linear sub-acute
Spur: white 2.5-3cm long curved slender pendulous, longer than ovary, somewhat clavate acute
Column: Small, green, oblong 2,5x2mm
Anther cell pale yellow, pollinia pyriform, viscidium oblong, staminode small oblong-orbicular
Stigmatic processes large elliptic clavate greenish
Ovary 15x4mm, curved strongly ribbed with 3-4mm long beak
Capsule: spindle shaped, strongly ribbed
Flowering: September – October
Fruiting: October- November