Pleurothallis gert-hatschbachii Hoehne 1950 SUBGENUS Acuminatia SECTION Acuminatae Luer 1986
Photos by © Eric Smidt
Photo by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Holotype Collection Sheet by © Schlechter
Drawing by © Helena Ignowski and Rodriguésia 70: e02722017 Anathallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil Santos, Tiscano and Smidt 2019
Common Name Gert Hatschbach's Pleurothallis [Brazilian Orchid Collector earlier 1900's]
Flower Size .48" [1.2 cm]
Found in Rio de Janiero, Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states of Brazil in dense forests at elevations of 1100 to 1400 meters as an mini-miniature to small sized, cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with erect, thin ramicauls enveloped by 4 brown sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, obovate, leathery, dark olive green, conduplicate, finely attenuate below into the base leaf that blooms in the late fall on 1 to 2, erect, peduncle 1.4 to 3.8" [3.5 to 9.5 cm] long, rachis 1.2 to 2.4" [3 to 6 cm] long, mostly simultaneous, 4 to 10 flowered inflorescence with shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying secund, fragrant flowers.
A relatively large species when compared to others in the state of Parana. It is characterized by the caespitose plants, the erect inflorescence carrying up to 10 yellow flowers. The sepals and petals are long, narrow and acute, and the lip is much shorter and oblong-ovate.
Synonyms Anathallis gert-hatschbachii (Hoehne) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Anathallis pabstii (Garay) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Pleurothallis pabstii Garay 1953; Specklinia gert-hatschbachii (Hoehne) Luer 2004; Specklinia pabstii (Garay) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 106 Hoehne 1950
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P pabstii drawing ok;
Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as P pabstii drawing good/ photo ok;
Lindleyana 164:248 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Anathallis gert-hatschbachii; Lindleyana 16 4:248 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Anathallis pabstii;
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 gerthatschbachii; 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 pabstii; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 as P pabstii drawing fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 as Anathallis pabstii photo ok; Lankesteriana 19(3) 2019 collection sheet fide; Rodriguésia 70: e02722017 Anathallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil Santos, Toscano and Smidt 2019 as Anathallis gert-hatschbachii drawing/photo fide; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Anathallis gerthatschbachii photo fide; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Anathallis pabstii photo fide
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