Habenaria juruenensis Hoehne 1915 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 Juruena Habenaria [A river in Amazonas state of Brazil]
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Goias, DF, Matto Grosso , Minas Gerais, and Tocantins states of Brazil in dry grasslands as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by imbricating, sheaths carrying oblong-lanceolate, acute, shorter below, longer above floral bracts that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, several flowered inflorescence with amplexicaul, oblong-lanceoalte, , acuminate, jut shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
Very similar to H taubertiana but distinguished by the milky white petals which are longer and the fleshy flowers.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(5): 32 Hoehne 1915
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: 177 Hoehne 1940
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: tab120 II Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing 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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