Pleurothallis cryptophoranthoides Loefgr. 1918 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986
Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista, photo by Alexandre da Silva Medeiros
Drawing by © Helmut Seehawer
Common Name or Meaning The Cryptophoranthus-Like Pleurothallis
Flower Size
Found in southeastern Brazil in primary humid forests at elevations of 1300 to 1500 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool, pendent growing epiphyte with slightly compressed apically ramicauls enveloped by 2 wide sheaths and carrying a single, apical, flat, lanceolate, conduplicate, slightly asymentrical, fleshy, dark olive green, purple beneath in bright light leaf that blooms in the summer and fall on 1 to 2, 1.2 to 2.4" [3 to 6 cm] long, simultaneously to 8 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Acianthera cryptophoranthoides (Loefgr.) F.Barros 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 52 Loefgren 1918
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing hmm;
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 cryptophoranthoides;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide;
Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera cryptophoranthoides photo fide
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