Habenaria pungens Cogn. ex Kuntze 1898 SECTION Nudae
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
EARLY 
Common Name The Stinging Habenaria [refers to the lip apex held towards the sky]
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Goias, DF, Matto Grosso and Minas Gerais states of Brazil as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect, thin stem enveloped by tubular, long-acuminate bract-like leaves that blooms in the fall and early winter on a terminal, erect, .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm] long, densely many flowered infloresscence with ovate-lanceolate, longly and rigidly acuminate, as long as the flowers floral bracts all held in an apical pseudo-corymb of orange colored flowes.
Synonyms Habenaria pilgeri Schltr.1901
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 299 Cogniaux ex Kuntze 1898
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 149 Schlechter 1901 as H pilgeri
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: 151 Hoehne 1940
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: Tab 101 fig2 Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok;
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 fide;
