Pleurothallis tobarii [Luer & Hirtz] comb. novo. Pfahl 2012 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl 1859
Photo by Diego Francisco Tobar Suarez Copyright © 2009,
TYPE Drawing by © Carl Luer
Common Name Tobar's Pleurothallis [Ecuadorian Orchid Enthusiast Current]
Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]
Found in Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador at elevations around 2800 meters as a small sized, cold growing, caespitose epiphyte with slender, erect, ramcaiuls enveloped by 2 to 3 short basal sheaths and carrying a single, apical, more or less horizontal, coriaceous, narrowly ovate, acuminate, acute, abruptly narrowing below into the deeply cordate, sessile base leaf that blooms in the spring on a short, arising and confined within a suberect, conduplicate spathe at the base of the leaf, successively single, few flowered inflorescence with shorter than the pedicel floral bracts.
"Similar to P tobarii and P muriculata in the pubescent or hispidous sheaths of the ramicauls which is a rare occurence within the section Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae. Withthe conspicuous spathe P tobarii is apparently related to P lilijae and not closely related to either of the above species." Luer 2006
Part of the Pleurothallis cardiostola/Pleurothallis lilijae complex.
Synonyms *Acronia tobarii Luer & Hirtz 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Masdevallia Systematics of Specklinia Luer 2006 as Acronia tobarii
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Masdevallia Systematics of Specklinia Luer 2006 as Acronia tobarii drawing fide;
The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia Nomenclature notes #3 Pfahl 2013;
* The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia Nomenclature notes #3a Pfahl 2013;
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