Habenaria imbricata Lindl.1835 SECTION Subnudas
Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
Drawing by © Hoehne
EARLIER 
Common Name The Imbricate Habenaria [refers to the floral bracts]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Bahia, Goias, DF, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil in humid grasslands as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by linear, acute, grading larger then smaller above leaves that blooms in the fall and earlier winter on a terminal, erect, 1.2 to 2" [3 to 5 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with leaf-like, imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the flowers floral bracts.
Characterized by the imbricate leaves, the small flowers the dorsal sepal .152 to .2" [3.8 to 5 mm] long, the imbricate bracts that completely cover the inflorescence.
Synonyms Habenaria graciliscapa Barb.Rodr. 1877
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 313 Lindley 1835
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 155 Barb Rodr. 1877 as H graciliscapa;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H graciliscapa drawing fide;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing ok;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing ok;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H graciliscapa drawing good;
Orquideas da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005;
Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria João A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 São Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 photo;
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