Habenaria megapotamensis Hoehne 1939 SECTION Leptoceras

Inflorescence and Plant in situ Rio Grande Do Sul photos by © Jacques Klein. and his and Flickr Orchid Photo WebSite

TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing by © Hoehne

Part Sun Cold Summer

Common Name The Large River Habenaria [refers to the Parana]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Parana and Rio Grande Do Sul states of Brazil as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect, leafy stem carrying several, 5 nerved, lanceolate leaves that blooms in the summer on a erminal, erect, laxly many flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Rhinorchis megapotamensis (Hoehne) Szlach. 2012

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok;

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