Habenaria paulistana J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. 2006 SECTION Macroceratitis Kraenzl

TYPE Drawing by © J.A.N. Batista and The Epidendra Website

Common Name The Sao Paulo Habenaria

Flower Size 1.8" [4.5 cm]

Found in Sao Paulo state of Brazil at elvations of 890 to 950 meters as a lsrge to giant sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with an erect, robust, leafy stem carrying about 12, spreading, lowermost bract-like, largest around the center of the stem, upper leaves similar to the bracts, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate leaves that blooms in the later spring on a terminal, erect, usually elongated, [19 to 28 cm] long, 5 to 27 flowered inflorescence with oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, decreasing in size above, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying superposed, greenish to greenish yellow, spreading flowers.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Brittonia 58: 33-35. J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch 2006 Drawing fide

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