Habenaria macronectar (Vell.) Hoehne 1937 SECTION Macroceratitis Urban 1909

Inflorescence Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Plant specimen Photos by © Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria

Partial Shade Cool Spring EARLYSummer

Common Name The Largest Spur Habenaria

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Bahia, Goias, Matto Grosso, Matto Grosso do Sul, Parana', Santa Catarina and Rio Grande Do Sul states of Brazil as well as Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina in damp grasslands on roadsides and in swamps always with a wet base at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters as a large to giant sized, cool growing terrestrial with a white tuber giving rise to an erect, stout stem with 4 to 7, light green, deeply keeled, lanceolate leaves enveloping the stem that blooms in the spring and early summer on a 8 to 10" [20 to 25 cm] long, to 15 flowered inflorecence

Synonyms Habenaria dolichoceras Barb.Rodr. 1877; Habenaria fastor Lindl. ex Warm. 1884; Habenaria helodes Rchb.f. 1850; Habenaria juergensii Schltr. 1925; Habenaria sartor Lindl. 1843; Habenaria sartoroides Schltr. 1919; Kusibabella fastor (Lindl. ex Warm.) Szlach. 2004; Kusibabella macronectar (Vell.) Szlach. 2004; Kusibabella sartor (Lindl.) Szlach. 2004; *Orchis macronectar Vell. 1831

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H helodes drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H fastor drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H juergensii drawing ok; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as H fastor; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 as H sartor drawing hmmm; 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/drawing

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