Habenaria rzedowskiana R. González 1978 Photos courtesy of Edouard Faria ©

and EARLY

Common Name Rzedowski's Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Jalisco, Michoacan and Mexico states of Mexico in sandy or clay soils with grasses in oak or pine forests at elevations of 1500 to 2800 meteres as a medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial orchid with an erect stem turning black w/age, carryig several, short, acute, recurved leaves articulated to the sheaths and blooming in the summer and early fall on a 1 to 5 flowered, racemose inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ] Flora Novo Galaciana McVaugh 1985

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