Pleurothallis wielii Mark Wilson, B.T.Larsen & J.Portilla 2017 SUBGENUS Ancipitia SECTION Tetragona Luer 1986
Photos by Wiel Driessen
Photos by Mark Wilson
Common Name Wiel Driessen's Pleurothallis [Dutch Orchid Enthusiast current]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Peru without collection data as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with ercet, slender, provided with a central and a basal sheath, sharply ancipitous, ramicauls carrying a single, apical, erect to suberect, ovate, acute, cuneate sessile, entire, corriaceous leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on a fascile of solitary, successive flowers arising through a spathaceous bract.
Part of the P crocodiliceps group which consists of P arietina, P microchila, P nelsonii, P manningiana, P andreae, and P kelsoae
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* LANKESTERIANA 17(2): 165—191. Wilson, Katharine Dupree, Driessen, Bruno T. Larsen, Armin Löckher, Niessen, José Portilla, Guerrero, Andres, Suarez, Tobar-Suárez 2017 photo/drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #9 2019 photo fide;
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