Pleurothallis leptosepala [H.Medina & J.Portilla] in ed SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Hymenodanthae SUBSECTION Apodae-Caespitosae [Lindl.]Luer 1986
LCDP Photo/TYPE Drawing by © Hugo Medina
Common Name or Meaning The Narrow Sepal Pleurothallis
Flower Size .08 to .28" [2 to 7 mm]
Found in Imbabura province of Ecuador in primary forest on the top of trees, at elevations around 850 to 1400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with erct to ascending styems with 2 internodes and scarious, acuminate apically, truncate basally sheaths and carrying a single, apical, elliptical to elliptical-obovate, obtuse, mucronate at the apex, margins entire, leathery, with a longitudinal groove along the midrib on the upper surface, abscissal layer barely glandular, olive green in color, tapering abruptly into a petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on 4 to 5, erect, arising from the annular ring, with a spatulate, glabrous bract, peduncle filiform, much longer than the leaf, .72" [1.8 cm] long, , brown, without bracts; rachis .032" [.08 cm] long, ascending, successively single flowered inflorescence with obliquely campanulate, infundibuliform, obtuse, with a short, apiculate apex, truncate base, papery floral bracts carrying semi-open, in diameter; sepals solid yellow, with two longitudinal lines, petals
" The new species compares with Pleurothallis corniculata, but it differs basically in the plant with elliptical-obovate leaves, yellow flowers, wide semifolded brown lip, long thin sepals, the lateral ones fused and barely open at the apex, bat-shaped petals, column with prominent wings and elongated foot, in Specklinia leptosepala. vs. Specklinia corniculata, with elliptical leaves, orange flowers, a thin erect lip, short sepals, the lateral ones completely fused, petals with an acuminate apex, a winged column, and a short foot." H.Medina & J.Portilla 2025
Synonyms *Specklinia leptosepala H.Medina & J.Portilla 2025
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Andreettana 1(4): 15 H.Medina & J.Portilla 2025 2025 Photo/drawing fide
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