J. RENZ

Plants 20-100 cm tall, with sessile tuberoids. Leaves cauline or crowded near base. Inflorescence with few white flowers, some very large. Perianth segments subequal. Labellum spurred, ± 3-lobed; side-lobes sometimes conspicuously developed and laciniate or entire or insignificant. Column stout and broad, 4-15 mm high. Anther with very broad connective; anther-cells diverging, slender, gradually narrowed into up to 5 mm long canals. Stigmata forming 2 diverging fleshy swellings, fused along their whole length with the margins of the stigmatic cavity. Rostellum flat, rather obscure.

A small genus with c. half a dozen species, mainly in eastern Asia. 1 species in N. W. Himalaya, extending into Pakistan.

Lower Taxon

• Pecteilis gigantea (J. E. Smith) Rafin.

Related Synonym(s):

• Habenaria gigantea (J. E. Smith) D. Don = Pecteilis gigantea (J. E. Smith) Rafin.
• Habenaria susannae auct. non (L.) R. Br.: J. F. Duthie = Pecteilis gigantea (J. E. Smith) Rafin.
• Orchis gigantea J. E. Smith = Pecteilis gigantea (J. E. Smith) Rafin.
• Platanthera gigantea Lindl. ex Wall. = Pecteilis gigantea (J. E. Smith) Rafin.