Habenaria hexaptera Lindl.1835 SECTION Leptoceras
Photo/Drawing by © Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon
Drawing by © A Krol
EARLY
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Cauca department of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Minas Gerais state of Brazil and Argentina in grasslands at elevations of 900 to 1000 [2300 meters Hoehne 1940] as a medium to large sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial with an erect robust, stem enveloped basally by 2 to 3, adpressed sheaths grading into many, blue green, somewhat ascending, ovoid-lanceolate, acute, 5 nerved, grading smaller above leaves that blooms in the summer through early fall on an erect, 4 to 8" [10 to 20 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, greenish yellow florla bracts and carrying erect-patent, emerald green flowers.
+"This species is very similar to H alata , known from northern South America and Central America, and a detailed investigation is still necessary to determine the exact relation between them. The only records of H. hexaptera in northern Brazil are from the " cerrados" over white sand of the Alto Tapajós. Flowers are completely green and the species is typical of dry places"
Synonyms Habenaria arvensis Barb.Rodr.1877; Habenaria hieronymi Kraenzl.1893; Habenaria hieronymi var. saltensis Hauman 1917
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 316 Lindley 1835;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 163 Barb Rodr. 1877 as H arvensis;
Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 359 Hauman 1917 as Habenaria hieronymi var. saltensis
Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 359 Hauman 1917
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 38 Colombia Schlechter 1920;
Repert. Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Band VIII Peru Schlechter 1921;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 H hieronymi drawing ok;
Orchids of Peru Vol 1 Schweinfurth 1958;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
+ The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian AmazonJoćo 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;
The Organ Mountain Range, its History and its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller & Seehawer 2008 drawing/photo fide;
Orquidees du Bresil As Orquideas sa Serra do Castelo Vol 1 Chiron & Bolsanello 2015 photo/drawing fide;
Orquideas Tesoro de Colombia Vol 2 Ortiz & Uribe 2017 drawing fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1: 123 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 drawing/photo fide
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