Habenaria macroceratitisWilld.

big-horn bog orchid

WFO wfo-0000978073 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Habenaria macroceratitis, photographed by alejandrozab
fig. a alejandrozab, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-30 / obs. 92927491
Habenaria macroceratitis, photographed by Luis F. Ramírez
fig. b Luis F. Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47947888
Habenaria macroceratitis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5331124
Habenaria macroceratitis, photographed by Ana Nuño
fig. d Ana Nuño, CC0 1.0 / obs. 138143495
Habenaria macroceratitis, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. e Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 9788434
Habenaria macroceratitis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26530063
Habenaria macroceratitis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24618415
Habenaria macroceratitis, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. h Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46663360

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Habenaria macroceratitis is native: Florida, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela FloridaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Habenaria macroceratitis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Suriname SUR
Venezuela VEN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Habenaria habenaria (L.) Small
  • Habenaria macroceras Spreng.
  • Habenaria quinqueseta var. macroceratitis (Willd.) Luer
  • Nemuranthes habenaria (L.) Raf.
  • Orchis habenaria L.
  • Orchis longicornis Sessé & Moc.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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