Habenaria gourlieana Gillies ex Lindl. 1835
Photo by © Ricardo Luis Penz and his Orchid Website
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 Gourli's Habenaria [Scottish Adventuror 1800's]
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay as a medium to giant sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with lanceolate, plicate leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, 12" [30 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with floral bracts that are longer than the pedicel
Synonyms Habenaria bractescens Griseb. 1879; Habenaria burkartiana Hoehne 1937; Habenaria melvillei Ridl. 1885; Habenaria spegazziniana Kraenzl. 1905; Kusibabella burkartiana (Hoehne) Szlach. 2004; Kusibabella gourlieana (Gillies ex Lindl.) Szlach. 2004; Macrocentrum mendocinum Phil., Sert. Mend. Alt.: 43 (1871
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; 100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 photo fide; Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria 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 photo
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