Pachyphyllum tenue Schltr. 1921

SECTION Orchidotypus TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter

Full shade Cold

Common Name The Delicate Pachyphyllum

Flower Size

Found in Ecuador and Peru at elevations around 2400 to 2900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with an arcuate, simple, slender stem enveloped completely by the leaf sheaths carrying rather loose, spreading, ligulate, apiculate, entire leaves that blooms on a solitary, erect-spreading, as long as to slightly longer than the leaves, .16 to .26" [4.5 to 6.5 mm] long, densely 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence with ovate-deltoid, acute, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying minute, campanulate, erect spreading flowers.

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

References

W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. Figuren-Atlas 57: 512 Schlechter 1929 drawing fide; Orchids of Peru Vol 4 Schweinfurth 1961;Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 31 1905 - 1976 Brieger 1995 as Orchidotypus tenuis; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003;

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