Habenaria edwallii Cogn.1906 publ. 1907 SECTION Leptoceras
Photos by © A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
EARLY
Common Name Edwall's Habenaria [Swedish Orchid Collector in Brazil early 1900's]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in DF Goias, Parana', Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil in flooded grasslands as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an ovoid tuber giving rise to an erect stem enveloped almost completely by linear, acute, basally clasping leaves grading smaller above that blooms in the later spring and early summer on an erect, 1.2 to 3.2" [3 to 8 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Habenaria adenosepala Kraenzl. 1921; Habenaria physophora Kraenzl. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide; 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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