Pecteilis hawkesiana x habenaria myriotricha
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Pecteilis hawkesiana x habenaria myriotricha
Found in Myanmar and Thailand in mixed deciduous and bamboo forests at elevations around 125 to 800 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with ovoid tubers carrying 2 to 6, prostrate, ovate, rounded or obtuse apically, glossy dark green leaves held in a basal rosette that blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, terminal, 2 to 17 flowered inflorescence with 4 or more acute sheaths and lanceolate, acute or acuminate floral bracts carrying showy, slightly fragrant flowers.
This species has been known commonly as P sagarikii but recently Kumar discovered that this species name was described first by King & Pantling as Habenaria hawkesiana so the name has changed.
Synonyms *Habenaria hawkesiana King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1897; Pecteilis hawkesiana (King & Pantl.) C.S.Kumar 2002; Pecteilis sagarikii Seidenf. 1973; Platanthera hawkesiana (King & Pantl.) Kraenzl. 1899