Habenaria glazioviana Kraenzl. ex Cogn. 1893 Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista
Photos by © A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
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Common Name Glaziovi's Habenaria [French Gardener, Head of Rio Botanical Garden 1800's]
Flower Size 5/8" [1.5 cm]
Found on roadside banks and rocky fields in most all States of Brazil as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial that blooms in the late summer and early fall .
+This species is very similar and undoubtedly close related to H. pratensis (Salzm. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. The main difference is the width of the midlobe of lip and petal posterior segment, which are very broad and expanded in H. glazioviana and narrower in H. pratensis (midlobe of lip 9-22 mm wide vs. ca. 2-5 mm wide in H. pratensis). In the coast restingas of northeastern Brazil the two species can occur side by side and the existence of intermediate forms makes identification difficult. Further studies are still necessary to determine the exact relation between the two taxa. Flowers are pale yellow and the species is usually found in seasonally humid places
Synonyms Habenaria odorifera Hoehne 1915
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; +The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 Sćo Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 drawing fide
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