Chytroglossa marileoniae Rchb. f. 1863 Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Flower Closeup Photos by © Dalton Holland Baptista
Common Name 3/4"
Flower Size [2 cm]
Found in southeastern Brazil in the state of Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo on the western slope of the Atlantic Coastal mountains at elevations of 500 to 700 meters in cloud forests as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte needing ample humidity and water and partial shade. This species has a fan-shape of several slender, keeled, olive-green, acute leaves that are apically slightly recurved and blooms in the spring on a pendant, wiry, 2" [5 cm] long, several [4 to 6] flowered inflorescence
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1867 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 drawing fide; Miniature Orchids Northen 1980; Orchidaceae Brasiliense Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 31 1905 - 1976 Brieger 1995 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 5 Epidendroideae Part 2 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2009 drawing fide; A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Parsons & Gerritsen 2013 photo fide photo fide
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