Pleurothallis corticicola Schltr. ex Hoehne 1936 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscosae Lindl. 1842
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Common Name The Bark Loving Pleurothallis
Flower Size .24" [6 mm]
Found in Sao Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina states of Brazil in primary montane forests at elevations of 800 to 900 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing, subrepent epiphyte with adnate to the substrate, spread like a hand of cards, 10 to 20, dark olive-green, acute, fleshy, narrowly obovate, faintly conduplicate, finely attenuate below into the base leaf that blooms in the winter through spring on 1 to 2, erect, arising through a spathe, .24 to .4" [.6 to 1 cm] long, alternate, successively single, 2 to 3 flowered inflorscence .
Characterized by the subrepent habit, the fleshy, occasionally yellowish and spotted with wine purple leaves. The petals are narrow and usually acute, the lip is vinaceous and provided with a central longitudinal rib from the base to near the apex.
Synonyms Anathallis corticicola (Schltr. ex Hoehne) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Anathallis kleinii (Pabst) Luer 2008; Panmorphia corticicola (Schltr. ex Hoehne) Luer 2006; Panmorphia kleinii (Pabst) Luer 2006; Pleurothallis kleinii Pabst 1972; Pleurothallis longiglossa [Chiron & N.Sanson] in ed; Specklinia corticicola (Schltr. ex Hoehne) Luer 2004; Specklinia kleinii (Pabst) Luer 2004;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 12(2): 18 Schlechter ex Hoehne 1936;
Bradea 1: 179 Pabst 1972 as P kleinii;
Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P kleinii drawing fide;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:248 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Anathallis corticola
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 Specklinia corticicola;
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 Specklinia kleinii;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVIII A Reconsideration of Masdevallia Systematics of Specklinia Luer 2006 as Panmorphia corticola;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Masdevallia Systematics of Specklinia Luer 2006 as Panmorphia kleinii;
Novon 18: 78 Luer 2008 as Anathallis kleinii;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide;
Rodriguésia 70: e02722017 Anathallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil Santos, Toscano and Smidt 2019
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