
Eurystyles lorenzii (Cogn.) Schltr.1925
Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista


Common Name Lorenz' Eurystyles [Gernman Botanist mostly in Argentina 1800's]
Flower Size .25" [.65 cm]
Found in central and southeastern Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states of Brazil in deep shade on tree trunks and branches in high humidity at elevations around 1300 to 1600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with 2 to 4, light green, shiny, elongate-oval, acute leaves held in a rosette that blooms in the summer on a pendulous, .8" [2 cm] long, densely pilose, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Pseudoeurystyles lorenzii (Cogn.) Hoehne 1944; Pseudoeurystyles schwackeana Hoehne 1944; *Stenoptera lorenzii Cogn. 1895; Trachelosiphon lorenzii (Cogn.) Schltr. 1920
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Fl. Bras. 3(4): 255 Cogniaux 1895 as Stenoptera lorenzii
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 425 Schlechter 1920 as Trachelosiphon lorenzii
* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 39 Schlechter 1925
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1: 130 Hoehne 1944 as Pseudoeurystyles lorenzii
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1: 130 Schlecheter 1944 as Pseudoeurystyles schwackeana
Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 168 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as Pseudoeurostyles lorenzii;
Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: tab 84 fig 5 Orchidaceae Illustrations Hoehne 1945 as Pseudoeurostyles lorenzii drawing fide;
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as Pseudoeurostyles lorenzii drawing fide;
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as Pseudoeurostyles schwackeana drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994;
The Organ Mountains Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller & Seehawer 2008;
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