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Habenaria distans
Griseb.
Family:
Orchidaceae
Hammock False Rein Orchid
[
Habenaria amparoana
Schltr.,
more
Habenaria distans var. jamaicensis
(Fawc. & Rendle) Cogn.,
Habenaria jamaicensis
Fawc. & Rendle
]
FNA
Resources
Charles J. Sheviak in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Plants terrestrial, erect, 14-33 cm. Leaves in basal rosette, abruptly reduced to bracts along stem; blade wide-spreading, often lying on soil surface, broadly elliptic to ovate or obovate, 6-15 × 2-5 cm. Inflorescences: floral bracts ascending to appressed, lance-acuminate, 10-25 × 3-7 mm. Flowers ascending, not showy; sepals greenish; dorsal sepal descending-reflexed, concave, 5-9 × 4-6 mm; lateral sepals descending-reflexed, 5-10 × 2-3 mm; petals greenish, lamina ascending, falcate, 6-9 × 1 mm, lateral lobe spreading, filiform, ± equal to petal; lip greenish, middle lobe descending, linear, 7-11 × 1 mm, lateral lobes ascending-spreading, filiform, 8-15 mm; spur slenderly club-shaped, 10-17 mm; ovaries 10-15 mm. Capsules on short pedicels, nearly erect, 1-1.5 cm × 5 mm.
Flowering Aug--Sep. Dense, moist hardwood forests; 0--10 m; Fla.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America (Venezuela).
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