Pleurothallis montipelladensis Hoehne 1929 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Hymenodanthae SUBSECTION Longicaulae [Barb. Rodr.] Luer 1986
Photo by Luis Renato and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Photo by Toscano de Brito
Drawing by Helmut Seehawer
Common Name or Meaning The Montepella Pleurothallis [Refers to the mountain where it was first collected Morro Pelado]
Flower Size .1" [3 mm]
Found in Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Bahia and Sao Paulo States of Brazil on Velloziaceae on rocky slopes at elevations of 1000 to 1900 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing, caespitose epiphyte or lithophyte in shade or sun with a reduced ramicaul carrying a single, apically fleshy, almost orbicular to subcylindrical to flat, elliptic or spathulate, green to yellowish leaves that can bloom at most ant time of the year on a 1" [2.5 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered, racemose inflorescence.
CAUTION I have no real way to verify this determination. Of the 2 references that I have Seehawer has the plant as erect, relatively elongate, .32 to .6" [8 to 15 mm] long ramicaul and an obovate leaf with 2 to 4 flowers on a slightly fractiflex inflorescence. De Brito and Cribb have the plant with a very short ramicaul [3 mm] carrying orbicular to subcylindrical leaves and blooms on a 1" [2.5 cm] long, 1 to rarely 2 flowered inflorescence. The first photo above is closer to Seehawer's description. The second photo is de Britos & Cribbs photo. Totally different. I need Hoehne's original description!
Many authors include P crebrifolia, P montipelladensis and P ourobranquensis as Synonyms of P aristulata, I have left them separate for now.
Synonyms Anathallis montipelladensis (Hoehne) F.Barros 2002; Specklinia montepelladensis (Hoehne) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Arch. Inst. Biol. Defesa Agric. 2: 36 Hoehne 1929;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing hmm;
Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 drawing ok/ photo good;
Bradea 8: 295 F Barros 2002 as Anathallis montipeladensis;
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 montepelladensis;
Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005 drawing/photofide to saecond photo;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide to first photo;
NEW SPECIES AND NOMENCLATURAL NOTES IN THEPLEUROTHALLIDINAE (ORCHIDACEAE) FROM BRAZIL Luer & Toscano 2015 as synonym of Anathallis aristulata;
Rodriguésia 70: e02722017 Anathallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil Santos, Toscano and Smidt 2019 as a synonym of Anathallis aristulata
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