Pleurothallis neovillahermosae [Sierra-Ariza, Rinc.-González & Karremans] in ed. SUBGENUS Apoda-Propentia Luer 1986

Photo by © Sebastian Viera Uribe

Common Name or Meaning The Villahermosa Pleurothallis

Flower Size .28" [7 mm]

Found in Colombia on the central Cordillera of the Andes as a miniature sized, long repent epiphyte with an elongate rhizome giving rise to elliptic,-ovate, acute margins sometimes up turned, purple spooted, gradually narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms on a short, arising through an acuminate spathe, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms *Acianthera villahermosae Sierra-Ariza, Rinc.-González & Karremans 2020

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Phytotaxa 474: 93 2020 as Sierra-Ariza, Rinc.-González & Karremans; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera [Apoda propentia] Sp nov. SVU pg 29 photo fide;

LANKESTERIANA 23(2). Karremans, Moreno, Gil-Amaya, Morales, Espinosa, Mesa, Restrepo, Rincon-Gonzales, Serna, Sierra-Ariza and Vieira-Uribe 2023 as acianthera villahermosae photo fide;

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