Pleurothallis sordida Kraenzl. 1921 SUBGENUS Effusae Luer 2000
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Common Name The Dirty Brown Pleurothallis
Flower Size .12" [3 mm]
Found in Sao Paulo and Parana' states of Brazil in cloud forests at elevations of 900 to 1600 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 3 tight, trumpet-shaped, stiffly hairy, recurved margined sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, broadly lanceolate, faintly conduplicate, stiff, dark bluish green, speckled purple on the sea green underside leaf that blooms at any time of the year on an arching, fractiflex, lengthening, 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] long, successively single, 20 to 30 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Pabstiella pauloensis (Hoehne & Schltr.) Luer 2007; Pabstiella sordida (Kraenzl.) Luer 2007; Pleurothallis pauloensis Hoehne & Schltr. 1926; Specklinia pauloensis (Hoehne & Schltr.) Luer 2004; Specklinia sordida (Kraenzl.) Luer 2004; Trichosalpinx sordida (Kraenzl.) Luer 1983
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Ark. Bot. 16(8): 8 Kraenzl. 1921;
Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 219 Hoehne & Schlechter 1926 as P pauloensis;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok;
Phytologia 54: 397 Luer 1983 as Trichsalpinx sordida;
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 Specklinia pauloensis;
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 Specklinia sordida;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX A Third Century od Stelis of Ecuador Systematics of Apoda-Prorepentia Luer 2007 as Pabstiella pauloensis;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX A Third Century od Stelis of Ecuador Systematics of Apoda-Prorepentia Luer 2007 as Pabstiella sordida;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide
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