Pleurothallis modesta [Barb Rodr.]Cogn. 1902 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscosae Lindl. 1842

Plant and Flower Photos courtesy of Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage

Common Name The Modest Pleurothallis

Flower Size

Found in Brazil as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determiantion so please use with caution

Synonyms Anathallis modesta (Barb. Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001; *Lepanthes modesta Barb. Rodr. 1881; Specklinia modesta (Barb. Rodr.) Luer 2004

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing Orchidaceae Brasilense Pabst and Dungs Band 1976; Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Anathallis modesta; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia modesta;

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