Habenaria subviridis Hoehne & Schltr. 1926
Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria webpage
Common Name The Slightly Green Habenaria
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Goias, Minas Gerias, Bahia, Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo, Parana, and Santa Catarina states of Brazil in grasslands as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the summer and fall
Similar to H imbricata. In both species, the most developed leaves are imbricated and are concentrated in the lower part of the stem, but H subviridis differs in the larger flowers with the dorsal sepal .22 to .332" [5.5 to 8.3 mm] long, less imbricated bracts which do not cover the inflorescence and it occurs in dry places. H imbricata has smaller flowers with the dorsal sepal [3.8 to 5 mm] long, breacts that completely cover the inflorecence amd occurs in permanently humid locations.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 176 Hoehne & Schltr. 1926
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H moritzii drawing ok;
Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005 as H entomantha;
Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria João A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 São Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 photo;
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