Habenaria jaguariahyvae Kraenzl. 1911 SECTION Pentadactylae Urban
Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
Common Name The Jaguariaíva Habenaria [A Town in Parana' state of Brazil]
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in Goias, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana states of Brazil in dry hilghland grasslands as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect, thin stem with a few, ovate-oblong, acute, laxly clasping below to form bag-like leaves that can hold water, grading smaller above to linear, acute bracts that blooms in the summer on an erect, 1 to 4, most often 2 flowered inflorescence carrying fleshy, pretty flowers.
Synonyms Rhinorchis jaguariahyvae (Kraenzl.) Szlach. 2012
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 good; 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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