Habenaria macronectar (Vell.) Hoehne 1937 SECTION Macroceratitis Kraenzl. Photo by © Cristiano Buzatto and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Inflorescence Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Plant specimen Photo by © Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria

Drawing of H helodes Drawing by © Hoehne

Partial Shade Cool Spring EARLYSummer

Common Name The Largest Spur Habenaria

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Bahia, Goias, Matto Grosso, Matto Grosso do Sul, Parana', Santa Catarina and Rio Grande Do Sul states of Brazil as well as Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina in damp grasslands on roadsides and in swamps always with a wet base at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters as a large to giant sized, cool growing terrestrial with a white tuber giving rise to an erect, stout stem with 4 to 7, light green, deeply keeled, lanceolate leaves enveloping the stem that blooms in the spring and early summer on a 8 to 10" [20 to 25 cm] long, to 15 flowered inflorecence

CAUTION This group, H fastor, H nabucoi, H gourlieana and H macronectar are all fairly similar. I hope I have them separate in a correct fashion. H nabucoi is considered by Kew to be synomonous with H melvillei but I have left them separate for now. H fastor is also considered by Kew to be synomonous with H melvillei and so the photo for Habenaria melvillei Ridl. 1885 is what was considered to be H fastor. I have to date not seen a plant labeled H melvillei so please use all of these species with caution!

Kew has at times added H sartor as a synonym of this species but I have kept them separate.

Synonyms Habenaria dolichoceras Barb.Rodr. 1877; Habenaria helodes Rchb.f. 1850; Habenaria juergensii Schltr. 1925; Habenaria sartoroides Schltr. 1919; Kusibabella macronectar (Vell.) Szlach. 2004; *Orchis macronectar Vell. 1831

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Band 35 Rio Grande Do Sul Schlechter 1925 as H juergensii; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H helodes drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H juergensii drawing fide; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as H juergensii drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H helodes drawing good; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 as H sartor drawing hmmm; 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/drawing; Orquidees du Bresil As Orquideas sa Serra do Castelo Vol 1 Chiron & Bolsanello 2015 photo/drawing good;

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