Habenaria virens A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 SECTION Seticauda

Drawing

photo/Drawing by © ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO enero 2002 The Herbario AMO Website

LATE EARLY

Common Name The Greenish Habenaria

Flower Size .6 to .8" 1.5 to 2 cm] long,

Found in Mexico in oak forests at elevations of around 2200 meters as a medium to large sized, cold growing terrestrial with subterranean, ovoid to oblong tubers giving rise to an erect stem carrying 5 to 12, elliptic-lanceolate, ascending to extending, acute leaves that blooms in the late summer and early fall on an erect, racemose, 16" [40 cm] long, 10 to 40 flowered inflorescence with less than to somewhat longer than the ovary floral bracts.

"Very similar to H strictissima but differs in the lip and petal shape. The lateral lobes or teeth of the lip are acute and directed forward. The spur is peculiarly upcurved . and the petals are rounded, spathulate and linear beyond the side lobes, blunt amd usually appearing as if broadened at the tip because of the revolute edges." Ames 1910

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 29 A Rich & Galeotti 1845

Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4 Ames 1910

Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4 Ames 1910 drawing good;

Indian Orchids: Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 drawing fide;

Flora Novo Galaciana McVaugh 1985 Drawing fide;

Orquideas del Estado de Morelos ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO enero 2002 drawing/photo fide;

Orchids of Mexico Hagsater, Soto, Salazar, Jimenez, Lopez & Dressler 2005

Las Orquideas del Occidente de Mexico Vol 1: Jorge Roberto González Tamayo y Lizbeth Hernández Hernández 2010 drawing fide;

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