Habenaria meeana Toscano 1992 Minas Gerais Brazil Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name Mee's Habenaria [English Artist and Orchid Enthusiast 1900's]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid in Brazil at elevations around 640 to 1600 meters in dry or humid areas often in full sun with a cylindrical stem carrying linear to linear-lanceolate leaves that descend in size towards the apex that blooms in the summer and fall ona terminal, racemose, 4.8" [to 12 cm] long, to 20 flowered inflorescence. I found this one at 1955 meters at the summit of Pico Da Carapuça, La Caraça, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005