A new species of Habenaria from southern Venezuela, H. lisenarum, is described and illustrated. Four additional species, also found in Venezuela, H. amambayensis, H. huberi, H. nabucoi, and H. schwackei, are discussed and/or illustrated. These four species do not appear in the iconography of Venezuelan orchids either as botanical line drawings or as color photographs, or were not correctly identified. In each of the four cases we present types, synonymy, and the citation of specimens collected in Venezuela.