Pleurothallis obpyriformis Luer 1976 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl 1859

TYPE Drawing of Acronia obpyriformis by Carl Luer

Common Name or Meaning The Obpyriform Pleurothallis [refers to the lip shape]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Napo province of Ecuador on felled trees at elevations aroumd 500 meters as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing, caespitose epiphyte with more or less horizontal ramicauls with a close tubular sheath below the middle and 2 to 3 others at the base carrying a single, spreading, coriaceous, narrowly ovate, sessile, cuneate base leaf that blooms in the winter on a short, peduncle hidden within the spathe .4" [1 cm] long, successively single flowered inflorescence with a tubular, as long as the pedicel floral bract and carrying flowers with red-purple sepals, dark red petals and a thick, red-purple lip.

”This little species is found in the tops of tall trees in rainforests of the lowland eastern portion of Ecuador. It is most similar to P acestrophylla but P obpyriformis has broader, narrowly ovate leaves, filiform petals and a pyriform shaped lip.” Luer 2005

Synonyms *Acronia obpyriformis (Luer) Luer 2005; Zosterophyllanthos obpyriformis (Luer) Szlach. & Kulak 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Selbyana 3: 150 Luer 1976 drawing fide;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Systematics of Dryadella Systematics of Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 as Acronia obpyriformis

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Systematics of Dryadella Systematics of Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 as Acronia obpyriformis drawing fide;

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