Pleurothallis exarticulata Barb. Rodr. 1881 SUBGENUS Acianthera

Photo by © Luis Felipe Varela

Another Flower

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Plant

Photo courtesy of Oliver Lenhard

Drawing

Drawing by Cogniaux

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Common Name The Non Articulated Pleurothallis

Flower Size .12" [3 mm]

Found in Rio de Janiero state Brazil at elevations of 700 to 800 meters as a mini-miniature, warm growing, repent epipyhte with an erect, thicker towards the apex ramicaul carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, ovate,slightly recurved apex, slightly infolded, fleshy stiff, conduplicate, grass-green to yellow in bright light leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on 1 to 2, erect, 1" [2.5 cm] long, to 5 flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe with the flower held close to the leaf base.

Synonyms Acianthera exarticulata (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 27 Barb Rodr. 1881

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:540 Martius, Cogniaux 1893;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab 108 Martius, Cogniaux 1893;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;

Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4: 423 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Acianthera exarticulata;

The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide;

Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera exarticulata photo fide

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