Pleurothallis spilantha Barb.Rodr. 1881 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859

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Common Name or Meaning The Hairy Flower Pleurothallis

Flower Size

Found in southern and southeastern Brazil in wet primary forests at elevations around 1300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 2 brown sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, ovate, flat, leathery, dark olive green leaf that blooms in teh fall on 1 to 2, .6" [1.5 cm] long, single to 3 flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe at the base of the leaf

Synonyms Acianthera spilantha (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 2007; Myoxanthus spilanthus (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 1986; Pleurothallis paspaliformis Loefgr. 1918

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX Luer 2007 as Acianthera spilantha; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide

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