Pleurothallis adonis Luer 1976 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl. 1859
Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt.
TYPE Drawing by Carl Luer
Common Name Adonis' Pleurothallis [Mythological beautiful male]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Antioquia, and Choco departments of Colombia and Zamora-Chinchipe and Tuhgurahua provinces of Ecuador in forests and on road cuts at elevations around 1500 to 3400 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing, caespitose epiphyte or terrestrial with erect, slender to stout ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, suberct to spreading, coriaceous, ovate to narrowly ovate, acute, basally sessile and deeply cordate leaf that blooms on a fascile of 2 to 4, simultaneous single flowers that are successively appearing and arise through a reclining spathe
This species is similar to P linguifera but itdiffers in the few flowers present at the same time, the dorsal sepal with 3 veins and the lip with more revolute margins.
P adonis, is similar to P sotarae P deflexa, P siphoglossa, P linguifera, P millei, P grandiflora, and P sarcochila in the large sized flowers. P baezaensis has similar flowers but differs in the much smaller size.
Synonyms Acronia adonis (Luer) Luer 2005; Zosterophyllanthos adonis (Luer) Szlach. & Kulak 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Selbyana 3: 40 Luer 1976 drawing fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 drawing fide;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Dryadella Systematics of Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 as Acronia adonis
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Dryadella Systematics of Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 as Acronia adonis drawing fide to fig 5a
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