Habenaria curvilabra Barb.Rodr. 1877 SECTION Seticauda
Pedicel and Spur Photos by © A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
Common Name The Curved Labia Habenaria
Flower Size .8"[ 2 cm]
Found in Matto Grosso, DF, Goias, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo states of Brazil in galery and dry forests as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped completely by leaf bearing sheaths carrying 5 to 9, spaced small to large ascending the stem, elliptic, acute leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, terminal, to 10" [to 25 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate floral bracts
Synonyms Habenaria trapezoidea Hoehne & Schltr. 1926; Habenella curvilabra (Barb.Rodr.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2006; Platantheroides curvilabra (Barb.Rodr.) Szlach. 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing ok; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing ok; 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
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