!Plectrophora iridifolia (Lodd. ex Lindl.) H.Focke 1848 Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista Photo by © Apolonia Grade and Orchidstudium

Common Name The Iris-Like Leafed Plectrophora

Flower Size

Found in Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam and Brazil in rain forests and open shrublands often close to rivers or streams at elevations of 50 to 500 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing twig epiphyte with laterally flattened, articulate, ensiform, usually linear-oblong to somewhat falcate leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on 1 to 4, lateral, 1 to 3 flowered shorter than the leaves inflorescence.

Synonyms Trichocentrum iridifolium Lodd. ex Lindl. 1838; Trichocentrum plectrophora Rchb.f.1863

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959 as P cultrifolia drawing ok; Native Orchids of Trinidad Schultes 1960; Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 5 Foldats 1970 as P cultrifolia drawing good; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 as P cultrifolia drawing ok; The Orchids of Surinam Werkhoven 1986 photo ok; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 31 1905 - 1976 Brieger 1995 drawing/photo ok; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 3 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003 drawing ok; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide;

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