Pleurothallis lilijae Foldats 1968 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciclatae Lindl. 1859
Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Photo by James E. Zablotny and his
TYPE Drawing by © Foldats
Drawings by © Carl Luer
Common Name Lilija's Pleurothallis [Mrs. Foldats, assisted in orchid studies with her husband Dr Ernesto Foldats]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Merida state of Venezuela, Norte de Santander, Santander and Putumayo departments of Colombia, Carchi, Sucumbios, Pichincha, Napo, Morona-Santiago, Cañar, Azuay and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces of Ecuador and La Paz department of Bolivia at elevations of 2000 to 3400 meters as a miniature to small sized cold growing, caespitose epiphyte with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and carries a single, apical erect, coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, acute apex with an apicule, basally rounded with the basal margin incurved leaf and blooms in the summer on a descending, arising from the apex of the ramicaul, short, single flowered inflorescence with a shorter than the pedicel floral bract..
Part of the Pleurothallis cardiostola/Pleurothallis lilijae complex. The juvenile leaves are erect, elliptical, acute and not cordate at the base as seen in related species. Most often the cordate, mature leaves are acutely deflexed on the ramicaul with the cordate, basal lobes more or less erect and incurved. The leaves are generally longer than those of P cardiostola usually curving upward beyond the middle. The resupinate flowers emerge from a reclining to a more of less erect, conspicuous spathe. Most commonly the flowers are mottled and suffused with purple or brown. The sepals are variably cellular-glandular to shortly pubescent. The synsepal, with longitudinally revolute sides, is usually considerably narrower than the dorsal sepal. The spathulate petals are usually pubescent and widely expanded. The thick, oblong-ovate lip protrudes erect from beneath the column. The disc is shallowly cleft above the middle." Luer 2005
Synonyms Acronia lilijae [Foldats] Luer 2005; Zosterophyllanthos lilijae ( Foldats ) Szlach. & Margonska 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Acta Bot. Venez. 3: 379 Foldats 1968;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 drawing fide;
Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 2 1970 drawing good;
Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986;
Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide;
Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 3 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 photo fide;
Orquideas Nativas del Tachira Cesar Fernandez 2003 photo fide;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Systematics of Dryadella Systematics of Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 as Acronia lilijae
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Systematics of Dryadella Systematics of Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 as Acronia lilijae drawing fide;
Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 photo fide;
Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide;
Orquideas del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia Orquidelogia 2014 photo fide;
Orquideas del Valle de Aburra Medellin Colombia Orquidelogia 2014 photo fide as P lilijae var xanthina;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 1 2019 photo fide;
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