Pleurothallis obliquipetala Acuña & C.Schweinf. 1938 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscariae Luer 1986

Photo by Hagen Stenzel Systematics and evolution of the genus Pleurothallis R. Br. (Orchidaceae)in the Greater Antilles Website

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Common Name The Oblique-Petaled Pleurothallis

Flower Size .1" [3mm]

Found in Oriente province of Cuba on the base of tree trunks or on rocks; prefers shady and humid places in montane rainforests and cloud forests from 1100 to 1700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing, caespitose epiphyte or lithophyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 2, thin, tubular, sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, narrowly elliptical, acute to subacute, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, arising laterally from the ramicaul, capillary, .1 to .15" [2 to 3 mm] long, single flowered followed by a second flower inflorescence with half as long as the pedicel floral bracts.

"Distinguished by the small habit with acute leaves with a short peduncle that bears one flower often followed by a second. The sepals are acute and slightly acuminate at the tips. The petals are also acute but distinctly dilated above the middle of the labellar margin. The lip is simply oblong or slightly panduriform." Luer 2006.

Synonyms Andreettaea obliquipetala (Acuña & C.Schweinf.) A.Doucette First published in Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 8(1): 6 (2022; Muscarella obliquipetala (Acuña & C.Schweinf.) Karremans 2016; Specklinia obliquipetala (Acuña & C.Schweinf.) Luer 2004; Trichosalpinx acunae Luer 1983; Verapazia obliquipetala (Acuña & C.Schweinf.) Chiron & Szlach. 2018

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 6: 3 Acuña & C.Schweinf. 1938;

Phytologia 54: 394 Luer 1983 as Trichosalpinx acunae;

Catologo Descriptivo de Las Orquideas Cubanas Acuna 1987;

Systematics and evolution of the genus Pleurothallis R. Br. (Orchidaceae) in the Greater Antilles Hagen Stenzel 2004 drawing fide;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera and Three Allied subgenera, A Second Century of new Species of Stelis of Ecuador, Epibator, Ophidion and Zootrophion Luer 2004 as Specklinia obliquipetala;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Masdevallia Systematics of Specklinia Luer 2006 as Specklinia obliquipetala

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Masdevallia Systematics of Specklinia Luer 2006 as Specklinia obliquipetala drawing ok;

Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles Ackerman 2014;

Phytotaxa 272: 30 Karremans 2016 as Muscarella obliquipetala;

Richardiana, N.S. 2: 167 Chiron & Szlach. 2018 as Verapazia obliquipetala;

Internet Orchid Sp. Photo Encycl. Nomencl. Notes 8(1):6 Doucette 2022 as Andreettaea obliquipetala

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