Habenaria socorroae R.González & Cuevas-Figueroa 2004 publ. 2006 SECTION Clypeatae

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Fragrant Part shade Cool LATE Summer EARLY Fall

Common Name Socorro Gonzales Habenaria [Mexican Orchid Enthusiast current]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Jalisco state of Mexico in oak forets on slopes at elevations around 1450 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrrestrial with an ellisoid tyber giving rise to an erect stem carrying 7, cauline, coriaceous, erect to apically arcuate, the 2 lowqest reduced to bracts, growing in size above, the apical one largest, sessile, adpressed to the stem, revolute margin, cuneate, oblong-lanceolate, acumnate, greenish yellow, sulcate leaves taht blooms in the late summer and early fall on a terminal, erect, cylindrical, rachis angled, to 1.8" [4.5 cm] long, 6 flowered inflorescence with conduplicate, arching, somewhat twisted, the lowest longer than the ovary, the apical one as long as the ovary, truncate-rounded, triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, floral bracts and carrying simultaenously opening, long-lasting, showy, fragrant flowers

"Habenaria socorroae is related to H. clypeata but separated by its erect leaves arched in the distal part; the dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse with an apiculum; the posterior lobe the petals are wider by half; the side lobes of the labellum are rectilinear at the base, the arms of the rostellum and the rectilinear anther channels, are at right angles with respect to the main bodyand a little ascending. In Habenaria clypeata the lateral sepals are oblong-elliptic; the posterior segment of the petals is less wide; The lateral lobes of the labellum are about the same length as the middle lobe, and with a nerve; The spur is similar but dilates on the two sides, ans is as long as the ovary; the channels of the anther are slightly arched and the protrusion on the the base of the stigmatic processes is very conspicuous. Habenaria socorroae and H. cuevasiana coexist and flower at the same time time; at a glance all the plants in the area to belong to the same taxon, but with study reveals that they corresponded to two different species." Jorge Roberto González Tamayo y Lizbeth Hernández Hernández 2010

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Ibugana 12(2): 14 R.González & Cuevas-Figueroa 2004 publ. 2006 Drawing fide; Las Orquideas del Occidente de Mexico Vol 1: 168 Jorge Roberto González Tamayo y Lizbeth Hernández Hernández 2010 drawing fide;

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