Habenaria achalensis Kraenzl. 1893 SECTION Leptoceras
Photo by © Cristiano Buzzato and his Flickr Orchid Photo WebPage
Drawing as H agustiloba Drawings © by Hoehne
Common Name The Achala Habenaria [A Pampa in Cordoba Province of Argentina]
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect, leafy stem carrying lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute to apiculate, dorsally carinate, 3 nerved, decreasing in size above leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, terminal, many flowered, 3 to 6" [7.5 to 15 cm] long, few to many flowered inflorescence witherect-patent, 3 nerved, ovate-lanceolate, generally longer tha the ovary floral bracts and carrying fragrant flowers
CAUTION This species and Habenaria paivaeana are considered by many to be conspecific but I feel that they should be separate.
Synonyms Habenaria achalensis var. angustifolia Kraenzl. 1911; Habenaria angustiloba Lillo & Hauman 1917;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 133 Kraenzlin 1892
Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 357 Lillo & Hauman 1917 as H angustiloba drawing fide
Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): 12 1911 as H achalensis var. angustifolia
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H angustiloba drawing fide;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H angustiloba drawing ok;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as H achalensis;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing ok;
The Organ Mountain Range, its History and its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller & Seehawer 2008 drawing hmm;
Orquidees du Bresil As Orquideas sa Serra do Castelo Vol 1 Chiron & Bolsanello 2015 drawing/photo good;
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