Pleurothallis pterophora Cogn. 1896 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Hymenodanthae SUBSECTION Longicaulae [Barb. Rodr.] Luer 1986 Plant and Flowers Photos by Lourens Grobler © TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing by © Cogniaux
Common Name The Winged Pleurothallis [refers to the winged keels on the dorsaland lateral sepals]
Flower Size 1/4 to 3/8" [6 to 7 mm]
Found in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero and Espirito Santo states of Brazil in the southeast Atlantic forests at elevations around 732 meters as a miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphytic species from where it is a variable bloomer on an apical, erect, thin, 6" [15 cm] long, fractiflex, racemose, few flowered inflorescence holding the flowers just above or amid the leaves and they are fragrant [lily of the valley], long-lasting small flowers that open simultaneously.
Each and every leaf on this plant can bloom over and over to up to 4 years, but not on the old inflorescence, new ones arise at each blooming.
CAUTION
Kew includes this species as a synonym of Pleurothallis leucopyramis I have left them separate for now.
Synonyms Pabstiella pterophora (Cogn.) Chiron 2012; Pleurothallis pterophora var. minor Cogn. 1896; Trichosalpinx pterophora [Cogn.]Luer 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
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Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:583 Martius, Cogniaux 1893
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:58 Martius, Cogniaux 1893 as Pleurothallis pterophora var. minor
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab 121 Martius, Cogniaux 1893 drawing fide
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing good; Miniature Orchids Northen 1980; Phytologia 54: 397 Luer 1983 as Trichosalpinx pterophora; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 7 1996 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XVI Luer 1997; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 10 2003 photo fide; Phytotaxa 46: 55 Chiron 2012 as Pabstiella pterophora;
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