| Habenaria medusa photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Kraenzlin, Friedich Wilhelm Ludwig |
| published in | Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik Pflanzengeschi und Pflanzengeographie 16 : 203 . 1893 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Orchideae | |
| Tribe | Orchidinae | |
| Genus | Habenaria C.L. Willdenow 1805 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | In the meadows, sometimes under trees, in Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, |
| Kali, Simpang Bunik, Sulawesi). | ||
| Habenaria medusa is similar to (in Burma), Habenaria myriotricha (Laos, Viet Nam, Thailand) | ||
| Habenaria beccarii (Celebes) | ||
| elevation | 400 - 800 m (1300 - 2600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Solok, West Sumatra , Indonesia | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall with very hot summers) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Solok this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 48 m' to 11 h 12 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | low or partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 40 cm (16'') from a leaves rosette |
| flowers | 16 - 20 | |
| size | single flower 5 L 5 cm ( 2 L 2") - inflorescence 20 L 10 cm (8" L 4") | |
| duration | single flower ~ 20 days - inflorescence ~ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ~ 45 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
