Habenaria mystacina Lindl. 1835 SECTION Nudae
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
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Common Name The Mustached Habenaria
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in Bahia and Minas Gerais states of Brazil as a small to medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by linear, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late summer and fall on a terminal, erect, 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence with leaf-like, acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying white and green flowers.
"Habenaria mystacina is a very distinct species, characterized by linear leaves, pressed to the stem in almost all its extension, short inflorescence, congested, small flowers (dorsal sepal .12 to .12" [3 to 4 mm] long.), with the anterior segments of the petals and lateral segments of the lip densely covered by trichomes. Additional information on the morphology and taxonomy of H. mystacina and comparison with other Brazilian species with trichomes can be found in Batista & Bianchetti (2006)." Carvalho, Ramalho and Batista 2013
Synonyms Habenaria lasioglossa Cogn. 1906
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 312 Lindley 1835
Fl. Bras. 3(6): 526 Cogniaux 1906 as H lasioglossa
Fl. Bras. 3(6): tab 107 fig 1 Cogniaux 1906 as H lasioglossa
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H lasioglossa drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide;
Orquideas da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005 as H lasioglossa;
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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