Pleurothallis muscicola Barb.Rodr. 1877 SUBGENUS Acianthera
Plant and Flower Photos by © Carlos Silva and Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Drawing by Cogniaux
Drawing by Pabst
Common Name The Moss-Loving Pleurothallis
Flower Size
Found in Minas Gerais of southeastern Brazil as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing, repent epiphyte with erect ramicauls carrying a single apical, fleshy linear to linear-lanceolate, acute, narrowing below into the attenuate, sessile base leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, arising through a spathe, a bit longer than the leaf, 2.8 to 5.2" [7 to 13 cm] long, mostly simultaneously 4 to 8 flowered inflorescence
CAUTION I have no way of verifying this photo determination so please use with caution. The Cogniaux's drawing is taken from the Barbosa Rodriguez's type drawing so most likely it is correct.
Synonyms Acianthera muscicola (Barb.Rodr.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Humboltia mosenii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Lepanthes muscicola (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1881; Pleurothallis mosenii Rchb.f.1881
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 9 Barb Rodr. 1877;
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:424 Martius, Cogniaux 1893;
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:Tab Martius, Cogniaux 1893 drawing fide ;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing hmm;
Icones Pleurothallidonarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4:245 Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 as Acianthera muscicola
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