Pleurothallis pazii [Luer ] comb novo Pfahl 2013 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986

Drawing by © Carl Luer and The Epidendra Website

LATER

Common Name Paz's Pleurothallis [Colombian Co-collector of species current]

Flower Size .04" [5 mm]

Found in Valle de Cauca department of Colombia at elevations around 1830 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 1 to 2 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, ovate, acute, cordate below into the sessile base leaf that blooms in the later summer on an erect, arising through and concealed by a spathe at the base of the leafsuccessively single, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence with 1/3 as long as the pedicel fl;oral bract.

"Although vegetatively similar to the majority of the species of the subgenus Acianthera, this species is distinct in the production of a few, apparently single flowers, reminiscent of sect. Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae. Single, clear yellow-orange flowers are produced from a small spathe at the cordate base of a sessile leaf." Carl Luer Selbyana 30: 2 Luer 2009

Synonyms *Acianthera pazii Luer 2009

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Selbyana 30: 2 Luer & Escobar 2009 as Acianthera pazii drawing fide;

* The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia Nomenclature notes # 8 Pfahl 2013

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