Habenaria culicina Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881 SECTION Nudae
Perianth Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
EARLY 
Common Name The Mosquito-Like Habenaria [refers to the flowers size]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in DF, Goias and Minas Gerais states of Brazil in grasslands at elevations of 1050 to 2150 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect, thin stem enveloped by straight, narrow, acute, strongly amplexicaul, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the early summer on an erect, terminal, 1.6 to 2.4" [4 to 6 cm] long, 4 to 7, very small flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Habenaria mitomorpha Kraenzl. 1911; Habenaria rudolfi-schlechteri Hoehne 1937;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1881; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing ok; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and 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; Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 drawing/photo fide
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