Habenaria smithii Schltr. 1920 SECTION Pentadactylae Urban TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter

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Common Name Smith's Habenaria [Original Collector of species 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in Santa Marta department of Colombia as a medium sized terrestrial with a subflexous stem carrying 4 to 6, terete, glabrous, erect-patent to suberect, linear to linear-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, laxly few flowered inflorescence with foliaceous, erect, acuminate, a bit longer than the ovary floral bracts

Synonyms Rhinorchis smithii [Schltr.] Szach. & Kolan. 2017

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 38 Schlechter 1920; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 57: #33 Schlechter 1929 Drawing fide; Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 as Rhinorchis smithii drawing fide

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