Habenaria dutrae Schltr. 1925 SECTION Leptoceras

Drawing by © Hoehne and the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz Website

Common Name Dutra's Habenaria [Brazilian Original Collector of species 1900's]

Flower Size .5" [1.25 cm]

Found in Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil as a giant sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect, robust stem carrying 7 to 8, erect-patent, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, more or less acute to acuminate, gradually decreasing in size above leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, to 8" [20 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with patent to somewhat recurved, ellipticv-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the ovary floral bracts decreasing in size above.

Most similar to H achnantha which occurs farther to the north but is distinguished by the individual flower parts.

Synonyms Habenaria schnittmeyeri Schltr. 1925

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 19 Schlechter 1925

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 23 Schlechter 1925 as H schnittmeyeri;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;

Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H scnittmeyeri drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H schiedmeyeri sic;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as H schiedmeyeri drawing fide;

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