Habenaria sprucei Cogn. 1893 SECTION Subnudas Photo by © Jany Renz and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Drawing Drawing by © Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon

Part Shade Cool Summer

Common Name Spruce's Habenaria [English Botanist and Orchid Collector 1800's]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam and northern and eastern Brazil in riparian forests or humid grassy areas at elevations around 1300 to 1800 meters as a small to just medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect, slender stem carrying 3 to 5, distichous, linear, adpressed to the stem, acute leaves gradually decreasing in size upwards that blooms in the summer on an erect, terminal, to 3.2" [8 cm] long, laxly 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence with erect, lanceolate, acute, mostly longer than the flowers floral bracts.

+"This species is similar to H. aff. nuda. The flowers are completely green and the species is typical of seasonally humid grassy fields.

Synonyms Habenaria leaoana Schltr.1925; Habenaria nuda Kraenzl.1892; Rhinorchis leaoana (Schltr.) Szlach. 2012

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H leaoana drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing fide; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 1 1969 as H leaoana drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H leaoana drawing good; Inventaire Taxonomique des Plantas de la Guyane Francaise II Les Orquidacees Cremers & Hoff 1992 as H leaoana; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003; +The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon 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 drawing; Orquideas de Roirama Luz & Franco 2012 photo fide; Orchids of French Guiana Szlachetko, Veyret, Mytnik-ejsmont, Sawicka, Rutkowski and Baranov 2012 drawing fide; Orchids of French Guiana Szlachetko, Veyret, Mytnik-ejsmont, Sawicka, Rutkowski and Baranov 2012 as Rhinorchis leaona drawing hmm; Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 drawing fide

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