Habenaria leucosantha Barb.Rodr. 1877 SECTION Pratensis

Plant specimen

Perianth

Pedicel and Spur

Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria

Drawing

Drawing by © Hoehne

Part shade Cool LATESpring EARLY Summer

Common Name The White Flowered Habenaria

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Goias, DF, Minas Gerais, Matto Grosso, Sao Paulo, Parana', Rio do Sul and Santa Catarina states of Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by oblong-lanceolate, acute, dorsally carinate, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, terminal, .8 to 3.2" [2 to 8 cm] long, 8 to 12 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

Its snow white and relatively large flowers distinguish this species from others in the section.

Synonyms Habenaria berroana Barb.Rodr. 1907; Habenaria leucosantha var. berroana (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst 1951; Habenaria leucosantha var. riograndensis Pabst 1951

References W3 Tropicos,Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 151 Barb Rodr 1877;

Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 97 Barb Rodr 1907 as Habenaria berroana

Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: 163 Hoehne 1940

Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: tab 110 Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;

Rodriguésia 14(26): 46 Pabst 1951 as Habenaria leucosantha var. berroana

Rodriguésia 14(26): 47 Pabst 1951 as Habenaria leucosantha var. riograndensis

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 10 1998 photo fide;

Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria João A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 São Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 photo

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