Pleurothallis nemorosa Barb.Rodr. 1877 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986

Photo courtesy of Luiz Filipe Varella

Drawing

Drawing by Helmut Seehawer

Part Shade Warm Cool Summer Fall

Common Name The Forest Occuring Pleurothallis

Flower Size

Found in eastern Brazil at elevations around 800 to 1000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing, repent epiphyte with pendent ramicauls enveloped by 2 sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, conduplicate, lanceolate, leathery, dark olive green leaf that blooms in the summer and fall on a .6 to 1" [1.5 to 2.5 cm] long, simultaneously 2 to 3, several flowered inflorescence

Part of the P miqueliana alliance Pabst which includes, P gouveiae, P macucoensis, P miqueliana, P papillosa and P ramosa

Synonyms Acianthera farinosa (Pabst) Luer 2004; Acianthera nemorosa (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros 2003; Pleurothallis farinosa Pabst 1956

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 11 Barb Rodr 1877;

Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1894 drawing;

Flora Brasilensis 3(4): 461 (C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) 1896

Flora Brasilensis 3(4): Tab 95 (C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) 1896 drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P farinosa drawing ok;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok;

Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Lieferung 43/3 2001 drawing fide;

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 Acianthera farinosa;

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 Acianthera nemerosa;

The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 as P farinosa drawing fide;

Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera nemorosa photo fide

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