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Orchid Species: Habenaria rodeiensis
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Habenaria rodeiensis is an orchid species identified by Barb.Rodr. in 1882.
ORIGIN: Found in Belize, Costa Rica, Fr. Guiana, Guyana, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Goias, DF, Minas Gerias, Rio de Janeiro, Matto Grosso, Sao Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina states of Brazil, Peru and Paraguay.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by grading larger above, imbricating, obtuse becoming acuminate above leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, terminal, 1.6 to 2.8 [4 to 7 cm] long, laxly several flowered inflorescence with imbricating, acuminate, inflated, triangular bracts that are half as long to as long as the ovary.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 inch [2.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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