Habenaria repens

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Family:ORCHIDACEAE
Species:Habenaria repens Nutt.
Common Name:Water Spider Orchid; Water Spider False Rein Orchid; Floating Orchid
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Water Spider Orchid is a native herbaceous perennial in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae). It is native to the southern half of Alabama. Water Spider Orchid can grow rooted in mud or in floating mats of vegetation. It is found in ponds and lakes, in beaver ponds, in roadside ditches, and in sloughs. It is a perennial from thick fleshy roots, some of which produce tubers. The plant is often colonial from new shoots produced along the roots. Stems are erect to decumbent and vary in length from a few inches to over a foot. Leaves are alternate, sessile with the base sheathing the stem, lanceolate to elliptic in outline, entire, and glabrous. The leaves are reduced in size upwards on the stem. Flowers are produced in a terminal raceme. Individual flowers are greenish or yellowish-green in color and subtended by a bract. There are three ovate sepals and three petals. The two lateral petals are divided, with the upper division erect and falcate and the lower division filiform. The lip petal is divided into 3 filiform segments. The flowers have a cylindrical spur extending below them. Flower have a vanilla scent and are pollinated by moths. The fruit is a capsule with many dust-like seed. Water Spider Orchid is sometimes available from nurseries. It is easy to grow (compared to other native orchids). It can be grown free floating in a pool or rooted in a bog garden. It prefers full sun.--A. Diamond
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Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyORCHIDACEAE - Orchid family
Genus Habenaria
Species Habenaria repens Nutt. - Water Spider Orchid; Water Spider False Rein Orchid; Floating Orchid

Citation

Citation Habenaria repens Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 190. 1818.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Habenaria maxillaris Habenaria maxillaris Lindley, J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 5. 1834. PERU
Habenaria nuttallii Habenaria nuttallii Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 315, 1329. 1903. FLORIDA: Sumter Co.: Without locality, Aug, Curtiss 2772 (holotype: NY).
Habenaria palustris Habenaria palustris Acuna, Estac. Exper. Agron. Bol. Tecn. 60: 15. 1939, without latin diagnosis.  
Habenaria polygonoides Habenaria polygonoides Schlechter, Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secc. Bot. 1(4): 14. 1922.  
Habenaria pseudorepens Habenaria pseudorepens Schlechter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 481. 1913. BOLIVIA
Habenaria repens var. gracilis Habenaria repens Nuttall, var. gracilis Luederwaldt & Hoehne, Fl. Brasil. 12(1): 112. 1940.Habenaria sampaioana Schlechter 1930. 
Habenaria sampaioana Habenaria sampaioana Schlechter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 299. 1930. BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Feb 1921, Campos Porto 993 (holotype: B?).
Habenaria tricuspis Habenaria tricuspis A. Richard, in Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba 11: 249. 1850.  
Mesicera repens Mesicera repens (Nuttall) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 39. 1837 ("1836").Habenaria repens Nuttall 1818. 
Platanthera foliosa Platanthera foliosa Brongniart, in Duperrey, Voy. Monde Phan. 195, pl. 38(b). 1834.  
Platanthera repens Platanthera repens (Nuttall) A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot., ed. 1861. 685. 1861.Habenaria repens Nuttall 1818. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Dallas, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1947 - 1987

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00008636 Autauga 15 Sep 1979 Wiersema, John H.
1311		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0011983 Autauga 03 Sep 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7494		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000040262 Autauga 03 Sep 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7494		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000047893 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1190		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UWAL0047189 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1190		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000050247 Autauga 06 Nov 2020 Parker, Matthew R.
1915		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UNA00008631 Baldwin 6 Jun 1947 Lueth, Francis X.
L51		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UNA00008631 Baldwin 06 Jun 1947 Lueth, Francis X.
L51		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UNA00008601 Baldwin 29 Sep 1949 Harper, Roland M.
4156		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0043158 Baldwin 16 Sep 2003 Larsen, Harry S.
1296		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nutt.
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