Habenaria distans Griseb. 1866 SECTION Macroceratitis Urban 1909 Photo courtesy of © Dave's Garden

Full shade Warm Cool Fall winter

Common Name The Far Apart Habenaria [Refers to the basal leaves being apart from the inflorescence]

Flower Size

Found in S Florida, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina in humid forests in moss at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters as a warm to cool growing terrestrial witha few basal leaves that blooms in the fall and winter on an erect, 2.4 to 5" [6 to 12.5 cm] long, laxly 6 to 10 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Habenaria amparoana Schltr. 1923; Habenaria distans var. jamaicensis Cogn. 1909; Habenaria jamaicensis Fawc. & Rendle 1909; Habenaria tuerckheimii Schltr. 1906

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19 Costa Rica Schlechter 1923as H amporoana; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909;

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