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20. Habenaria plantaginea

Botanical Name: Habenaria plantaginea Lindl. [Orchidaceae]
Common Name:  कदली हबेअमरी Kadali Habe-amri, Plantain Orchid, Plantain Habenaria

Distribution: India: Central India, North West India, Peninsular India, Assam, Bihar, Sikkim,
                                Tripura;         
                      Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand
Habit: Herb
Habitat: moist places in Semi-Deciduous, Semi-Evergreen forests
Flowering and Fruiting: September to October , This plant has very interesting flowering pattern. Throughout the rainy season, this plant grows but never flowers, as soon as the rain stops, within a week or so, the flower buds appear and the plant starts flowering after the rains have gone, i.e. late in the September and early October. 

The Plant



The stem



Leaves




Flower

Flower buds








Flowers that are going to wilt soon


Wilted and Dried flowers


Fruit

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