Habenaria pseudociliosa flower

This Habenaria pseudociliosa flower appearance is all about its three hairy sepals at the top and three smooth lip lobes at the bottom.

Inspected closely, the pair of yellowish lateral petal lobes are also visible, adhering to the sides of the dorsal sepal that forms a hood over the flower column. The lateral sepals are wing-like, their tips pointed.

The pair of lateral lip lobes, yellowish and slightly translucent in this photo, are not free to their bases from the central, larger lobe (www.africanorchids.dk; www.orchidspecies.com).