Habenaria pycnostachya Barb.Rodr. 1882 SECTION Humilis

Drawing by © Cogniaux

Part shade Warm Cool

Common Name The Densely Flowered Inflorescence Habenaria

Flower Size 3/8" [9 mm]

Found in southeastern Brazil as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped completely by 7 to 8, distichous, broadly triangular base, lanceolate, three nerved, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms on an erect, .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the flowers, apically recurved, longer than the flower floral bracts.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 250 Barb Rodr 1882

Flora Brasilense Vol 3 part 4: 94 Cogniaux 1893

Flora Brasilense Vol 3 part 4: tab 11 fig 2 Cogniaux 1893 drawing fide;

Orchidacearum genera et Species vol 1 : 460 Kraenzlin 1901;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: 167 Hoehne 1940

Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: tab 114 fig 1 Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

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