Habenaria yungasensis Schltr. 1922SECTION Guilleminii

TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part shade Cool

Common Name The Yungas Habenaria [Bolivian Mountain Range]

Flower Size

Found in La Paz department of Bolivia in the Yungas mountain range at elevations around 1560 meters as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem laxly carrying 5 to 6, spreading to suberect, lanceolate-ligulate, acuminate leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, 6" [15 cm] long, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence carrying glabrous flowers.

"Most similar to H pumila but distinguished by its narrower leaves and longer spur." Schlechter 1915

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 10: 34 Bolivia Schlechter 1922;

Repert. Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Band LVII Figuren Atlas Schlechter 1929 drawing fide;

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