Habenaria modestissima Rchb.f. 1850 SECTION Humilis
Drawing by © Hoehne
Common Name The Most Modest Habenaria
Flower Size .28" [7 mm]
Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil as a miniature sized, terrestrial with a short, erect stem carrying all along the stem, ovate-oblong below, acuminate, amplexicaul, lanceolate above leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, few flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, loner than below, shorter than above floral bracts.
Hoehne states that this species is similar to H armata but differ most in the leaves, the size of the flowers and the length of the inflorescence.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
walp ann bot vol III: 585 Rchb.f 1852-3
Engl. Bot Jahrb XVI: 117 Kraenzlin 1892
Flora Brasilensis Vol 3 part 4: 62 Cogniaux 1893>
Flora Brasilensis Vol 3 part 4: 62 Cogniaux 1893 drawing fide
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: 171 Hoehne 1940
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: tab 116/fig3 Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide;
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