TABLE 1 in A new species of Habenaria (Orchideae, Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) from the Amazon and Orinoco regions of Colombia and Venezuela

TABLE 1. Diagnostic characters for Habenaria granitica and morphologically similar or previously misidentified taxa. H. graniticaH. duseniiH. macilentaLeavespatentadpressedadpressed, subpatent or patentFlowers number1–3(–6)(1–)2–7(–12)1–3(–4)Floral bracts length × width (mm)11.7–14 × 3–414–28 × 4–616–56 × (3–)6–11Pedicel length (mm)9.8–10.415–2817–32Dorsal sepal length (mm)5–75–810–12Posterior petal length (mm)3.1–6.75–6.58–12Anterior petal length (mm)9–11.48–197.5–11Anterior petal/posterior petal length ratio2–2.31.5–2.90.9SpurlinearlinearclavateSpur apexfreeusually covered by the floral bractusually covered by the floral bractSpur length (mm)21–2629–3926–38Rostellum midlobetriangulartriangulargaleateViscidiaseparateunitedunited or very close to each otherCorolla colorlight green to yellowishwhite or creamyellow to yellowishHabitatgranite outcropswet meadowswet meadows