Leptotes pohlitinocoi V.P.Castro & Chiron 2004

Plant and Flower Photo by © Luiz Filipe Varela and his Flicker website

Another Flower Photo by © Dylan Hannon

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved

Deep shadeWarmEARLYSpring

Common Name Pohli and Tinoco's Leptotes [Brazilian Orchid Enthusiasts current]

Flower Size 1.8" [4.5 cm]

Found in Bahia Brazil in montane rainforests at elevations of 500 to 800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with rounded, very small pseudobulbs carrying a single, terete, channeled, crinkled leaf that blooms in the early spring on a short, termial, 1 to successively 2 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol II Plate 163 Neto 2006 drawing fide/photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #4 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #5 2019 photo hmm; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #5 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 photo hmm;

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