Habenaria araneiflora Barb.Rodr. 1877 SECTION Leptoceras
Photos by © Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
Common Name The Spider-Like Flowered Habenaria
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in DF, Goias, Matto Grosso, Sao Paulo, Parana', Santa Catarina and Rio Grande Do Sul states of Brazil as well as northernmost Argentina in damp grasslands as a medium to large sized, cold growing terrestrial6 t9, all along the stem, oblong-lanceolate, gradually smaller above and below leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, erect, 6 to 8" [15 t o20 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence carrying green to whitish based flowers that are greenish towards the apex
Synonyms Habenaria secunda f. brevioribus Cogn. 1903; Habenaria secunda var. minor Cogn. 1903
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 152 Barb Rodr. 1877;
Pl. Hassl. 2: 216 Cogniaux 1903 as H secunda f breviorbus
Pl. Hassl. 2: 216 Cogniaux 1903 as H secunda f minor
Repert Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Band 35 Rio Grande Do Sul Schlechter 1925;
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 drawing;
Orquidees du Bresil As Orquideas sa Serra do Castelo Vol 1 Chiron & Bolsanello 2015 drawing/photo fide;
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