Habenaria crassicornis Lindl. 1835

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Flower Close Up

Plant in situ Jalisco Mexico Photos by © Eduoard Faria

Part shade WarmCoolMIDSummerEARLY Fall

Common Name The Thick Horned Habenaria

Flower Size 1" [2.5cm]

Found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras in pine/oak forests at elevations around 1800 to 1900 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing terreestrial or lithophyte with a leafy stem carrying a few basally clasping, lanceolate leaves that blooms in the mid summer through early fall on a terminal, few flowered, racemose inflorescence

I am not totally convinced that this determination is correct. I await more information. It is possible that this orchid is Habenaria entomantha. Anyone?

Synonyms Habenaria adenantha A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Guatemala and Belize Ames & Correll 1952; Orquideas de El Salvador Vol 1 Hamer 1988

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