Pleurothallis acuminatipetala A.Samp. 1916 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986
TYPE Drawing by © Sampaio and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Another Drawing by © Helmut Seehawer
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Common Name The Acuminate Petal Pleurothallis
Flower Size 1.85" [4.6 mm]
Found in Parana state of Brazil at elevations of 1100 to 1400 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 3 sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic, acute, conduplicate, dark olive green leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a spicate, arising through a short haired spathe, 6 to 8" [15 to 20 cm] long, to 35 quickly successive flowered inflorescence .
Synonyms Acianthera acuminatipetala (A.Samp.) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 18: 58 A Samp 1916;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera and Three Allied subgenera, A Second Century of new Species of Stelis of Ecuador, Epibator, Ophidion and Zootrophion Luer 2004 as Acianthera acuminatipetala;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide
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