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Habenella dentifera is an orchid species identified by (C.Schweinf.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. in 2006. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Habenaria dentifera.
DESCRIPTION: This is an uncommon species in Brazil known just from the two collections mentioned above. The specimen in the collection Pires & Silva 8058 was identified by Pabst (1962) as H. odontopetala Rchb. f. However, although the two species are similar, the flowers of H. dentifera have a prominent anterior petal (ca. 2 mm long) about half the length of the posterior petal (vs. reduced to a denticulate projection ca. 1 mm long and about 1/5 the length of the posterior petal in H. odontopetala). The species occurs in forests or caatinga and the flowers are recorded as green.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.8 inches [2 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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