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Habenaria repens
Also called Floating Orchid, Water Orchid, Water Spider Orchid, Waterspider False Reinorchid
Habenaria repens, commonly called the water-spider bog orchid or the floating orchid, is an orchid species widespread across Latin America from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina, as well as in the Southeastern United States from Texas and Oklahoma east to Florida and the Carolinas plus an isolated population in Virginia.
A phenolic compound called habenariol can be found in H. repens. It acts as a feeding deterrent.
Rarotonga ground-orchid · Habenaria batesii · Green-hooded rein orchid · Doll orchid · Habenaria delavayi · Big White Egret Flower · Hammock bog orchid · White rein orchid · Small rein orchid · Wispy rein orchid · Habenaria fargesii · Yellow rein orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Habenaria repens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
