Pleurothallis flammea (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1896 < SUBGENUS Effusae Luer 2000P> Plant and Flower
Photos by © Roberto Martins and his The Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Drawing by © Cogniaux
Drawing by © Cogniaux
Common Name The Flame-Like Pleurothallis [refers to the flowers position on the inflorescence]
Flower Size .12" [3 mm]
Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil in humid primary forests as a mini-miniature sized, caespitose epiphyte with almost no ramicaul and a sngle apical, fleshy, obovate-oblong to oblong-spathulate, obtuse to subrounded apically, narrowing below into the base leaf that blooms in the fall on a subfiliform, much shorter than the leaf, peduncle .12 to .16" [3 to 4 mm] long, successively single, 2 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Anathallis flammea (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros 2003; *Lepanthes flammea Barb.Rodr. 1881
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Rev. Engenh. 3: 109 Barb Rodr 1881 as Lepanthes flammea;
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:509 Martius, Cogniaux 1893
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab 122 Martius, Cogniaux 1893 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing hmm;
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