Pleurothallis lineolata (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1896 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Hymenodanthae SUBSECTION Longicaulae [Barb. Rodr.] Luer 1986
Photo by © Roberto Martins and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Another Flower - does not match Seehawer 2008 = P uniflora
Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista and Orchidstudium
Drawing by Cogniaux
Common Name The Lined Pleurothallis
Flower Size
Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil at elevations of 300 to 700 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, hot to warm growing, caespitose epiphyte with an erect ramicaul enveloped by 3 tight, brown sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, dark green, linear-lanceolate, keeled, furrowed, finely attenuate to the base leaf that blooms in the summer through mid fall on a 1 to 2" [2.5 to 5 cm] long, successively single to 3 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms *Lepanthes lineolata Barb.Rodr. 1881; Pabstiella lineolata (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 2007; Specklinia lineolata (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 53 Barb Rodr. 1881 as Lepanthes lineolata;
* Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:456 Martius, Cogniaux 1896 drawing fide;
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab114 Martius, Cogniaux 1896 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing hmm to photo 1, ok to photo 2;
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 lineolata;
Icones Pleurothallidianrum Vol XXIX A Third Century of Stelis of Ecuador Systematics of Apoda-Prorepentia Luer 2007as Pabstiella lineolata;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide to Roberto's photo;
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