Pleurothallis serpentula Barb.Rodr.1881

SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986

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Common Name or Meaning The Snake-Like Pleurothallis

Flower Size

Found in Rio de Janiero and Minas Gerais states of Brazil on trunks and large branches at elvations around 1400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 2 sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, leathery, dark olive green, conduplicate leaf that blooms in trhe summer on a .4" [1 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Acianthera serpentula (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros 2003; Pleurothallis punctata Barb.Rodr. 1877; Pleurothallis serpentula var. major Cogn. 1896

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 20 Barb Rodr. 1881

* Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:474 Cogniaux 1896;

Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:Tab 97 Cogniaux 1896 drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok;

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

LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 79 NEW SPECIES AND NOMENCLATURAL NOTES IN ACIANTHERA FROM BRAZIL Toscano & Brito 2015 as Acianthera serpentula

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