Habenaria urbaniana Cogn. 1893 SECTION Leptoceras
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
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Common Name Urban's Habenaria [German Botanist in Brazil 1800's]
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Minas Gerias state of Brazil in grasslands as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect, stem enveloped mostly by leafbearing sheaths carrying lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute to apiculate, carinate dorsally leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on an erect, 2.4 to 4.4" [6 to 11 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Fl. Bras. 3(4): 45 Cogniaux 1893
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing good;
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
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