Habenaria roxburghii

Habenaria roxburghii is a species of orchid found in southern India. It is a tuberous terrestrial herb, 25-35 cm tall.Leaves orbicular, thick 3-5 in a rosette,adpressed to the ground, dark green to glauous, waxy. Flowers pure white in densely clustered at tip of a long erect peduncles. Endemic to the south Deccan. Rare in scrub jungles to 8700m, often sheltered inside thorny hushes or on the thin layer of soil by exposed rocks. Common in poor dry soil, in scrub under light cover.