Habenaria itatiayae Schltr.1930 SECTION Guilleminii
Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
Drawing by © Hoehne
Common Name The Itatiaia Habenaria [A Mountain in Rio de Janiero state ]
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Bahia, Rio de Janiero and Minas Gerais states of Brazil in dry grasslands as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by imbricating leaf-less sheaths becoming leaf bearing above and carrying patent-erect, linear, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, 2.4 to 7.6" [6 to 19 cm] long, more or less many flowered inflorescence with variable sized, the inferiors twice as long as the flowers, becoming shorter than the ovary above floral bracts.
Similar to S subviridis and H taubertiana but differs in the general form and floral details. Also very similar to H rupicola and Hoehne thought that they could be synomonous.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 298 Schlechter 1930
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing ok;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 drawing good;
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;
The Organ Mountain Range, its History and its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller & Seehawer 2008 drawing/photo fide
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