Pachyphyllum bryophytum Schltr. 1924 SECTION Orchidotypus Photo by © Senghas

Drawing Drawing by © N. Ol?drzy?ska and A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS ORCHIDOTYPUS (ORCHIDACEAE, VANDOIDEAE) IN COLOMBIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES Website

Common Name The Moss Loving Pachyphyllum

Flower Size

Found in Colombia at elevations of 2500 to 3000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with an erect to ascending, delicate, rather densely leafy stem carrying oblong-elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, atteneate towards the acuminate apex, somewhat basally twisted, conduplicate, rather thick, apical margins rather loosely ciliate leaves that blooms at most any time of the year on a somewhat longer than the leaf, to .32" [to .8 cm] long, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts and carrying minute flowers.

Synonyms Fernandezia bryophyta (Schltr.) M.W.Chase 2011; Orchidotypus bryophytus (Schltr.) Senghas 1995

References

W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 31 1905 - 1976 Brieger 1995 as Orchidotypus bryophytus photo fide; Polish Botanical Journal 59(2): 165–172, Szlachetko, Kolanowska & Mystkowska 2014 drawing fide

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