Habenaria alpestris Cogn. 1893 SECTION Nudae
photo by © Marcos Aurelio da Silva
photo by © João A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
Drawing © by Hoehne
Common Name The Alpine Habenaria
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in DF, Goias, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil at elevations around 2000 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect, thin stem carrying 3, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 1.6 to 3.2" [4 to 8 cm] long, laxly several flowered inflorescence with long-lanceolate, as long as the ovary floral bracts.
CAUTION!! Some references refer H melanopoda as a synonym of this species but I have kept it separate for now.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Fl. Bras. 3(4): 74 Cogniaux 1893
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing GOOD;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing 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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