Pleurothallis cycesis Luer & R.Escobar 1996 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Hymenodanthae SUBSECTION Apodae-Caespitosae [Lindl.]Luer 1986

TYPE Drawing by © Carl Luer

LATE EARLY

Common Name The Mixture Pleurothallis [refers to the unusual combination of morphological characters]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Antioquia department of Colombia as a mini-miniature sized, caespitose epiphyte with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped by 2 thin, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, narrowly obovate, subacute, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, arising laterally from the ramicaul .88 to 1" [2.2 to 2.5 cm] long, capillary, more or less tuberculate spike giving rise to a fascile of solitary, successive flowering inflorescence with shorter than the pedicel floral bracts.

"This tiny species, somewhere between subsections Apodae-Caespitosae and Longicaulae, is distinguished by the fascicle of successive, comparatively large flowers borne by a hairlike peduncle about twice as long as the leaves. Most unusual is the elliptical, minutely fimbriate, bicarinate lip, and the column with a pair of descending, oblong wings. On the lower portion of the foot are a pair of auricles as seen in the loosely flowered P. grobyi. " Luer & Escobar 1996

Synonyms Sarcinula cycesis (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2006; Specklinia cycesis (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2004;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Orquideología 20: 49. Luer & R. Escobar 1996 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 Specklinia cycesis;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Masdevallia Systematics of Specklinia Luer 2006 as Sarcinula cycesis

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol XXVIII A Reconsideration of Masdevallia Systematics of Specklinia Luer 2006 as Sarcinula cycesis drawing fide;

Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006 drawing/photo fide;

Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Specklinia cycesis photo ok

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