Habenaria paulensis Porsch. 1905

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

Common Name The Sao Paulo Habenaria

Flower Size .24" [6 mm]

Found in Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states of Brazil at elevations around 750 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect, , elongate, leafy throughout stem carrying 5 to 6, erect- patent to suberect, , linear-lanceolate, acute, rosulate, acuminate leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, elongate, 2 to 4.4" [5 to 11 cm] long, cylindrical, multiflowered inflorescence with linear-lanceolate, acuminate-aristate, as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying small flowers.

"Similar to H parviflora in smaller specimens and H paraensis In larger specimens but it is distinguished from all others in the genus by its completely undivided petals and the front segment is only indicated by an obtuse protruding angle." Schlechter 1930

Synonyms Habenaria edentula Schltr. 1930; Habenaria minimiflora Kraenzl. 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Oesterr. Bot. Z. 55: 150 Porsch 1905 as H edentula

Ark. Bot. 14(10): 2 Kraenzlin 1914 as H miniflora

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 297 Schlechter 1930 as H edentula

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide;

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------