Habenaria jaliscana S.Watson 1887
Photos by Edouard Faria ©
Drawing by Jorge Roberto González Tamayo and Las Orquideas del Occidente de Mexico Vol 1 Jorge Roberto González Tamayo y Lizbeth Hernández Hernández 2010
and EARLY 
Common Name The Jalisco Habenaria [A state of Mexico]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in western Mexico in Chihuahua, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacan, Mexico, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Vera Cruz and San Juan Potosi states on grassy hillsides and openings or on moist banks mostly in oak or oak/pine forests at elevations around 800 to 2200 meters as a small to large sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial orchid with a small basal tuber giving rise to an erect stem enveloped completely by many lanceolate, narrowly acute, spreading, conduplicate leaves that blooms in the summer and early fall on an erect, to 5" [12.5 cm] long, few to 10 flowered inflorescence.
"Habenaria jaliscana cannot be confused with others that grow in the study area. Among the species found in the area with bilobate petals the exclusive features of H jaliscana are the winged ovary and the descending anterior lobe of petals that intersects with the lateral lobe of the ascending labellum." Jorge Roberto González Tamayo y Lizbeth Hernández Hernández 2010
Synonyms Habenaria alata A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4 Ames 1910 drawing ok; Las Orquedias De El Salvador Vol 1 Hamer 1974 drawing fide/photo fide; Las Orquedias de El Salvador Vol 3 Hamer 1981 drawing fide; Flora Novo Galaciana McVaugh 1985 drawing fide; Selbyana Vol 10 Orchids of Central America Hamer 1988 drawing fide; Orchids of Mexico Hagsater, Soto, Salazar, Jimenez, Lopez & Dressler 2005;
Las Orquideas del Occidente de Mexico Vol 1: 153 Jorge Roberto González Tamayo y Lizbeth Hernández Hernández 2010 drawing fide; Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018
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