Habenaria rolfeana Schltr. 1930 SECTION Nudae
Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
Drawing Drawing © by Hoehne
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Common Name Rolfe's Habenaria [English Taxomonist a Kew 1900's and founder of the Orchid Review]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Minas Gerias, Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo and Parana and Santa Catarina states of Brazil in higher elevation grasslands as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect, stem enveloped by lanceolate, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the later summer and earlier fall on an erect, terminal, 2 to 3.2" [5 to 8 cm] long, 4 to 8 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the flowers below and shorter than the ovary above floral bracts
Synonyms Habenaria albertii Hoehne 1937
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide to drawing; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H albertii drawing fide to drawing; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing good; Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 Sćo Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 photo
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