Habenaria gustavo-edwallii Hoehne 1937 SECTION Guilleminii Drawing by © Pabst & Dungs
Drawing Drawing by © Hoehne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
LATERthrough MID
Common Name Gustavo Edwall's Habenaria [Swedish Orchid Collector in Brazil 1900's]
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janiero, Rio do Sul and Santa Catarina states of Brazil in higher elevation grasslands as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by leaf bearing sheaths carrying linear-lanceolate, acuminate, erect-patent, three nerved, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the later summer through early fall on an erect, terminal, 1.6 to 3.2" [4 to 8 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms
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 fide; 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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