Pleurothallis peruviana (Damian & Karremans) in ed
SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Acuminatae Luer 1986
TYPE Photo/TYPE Drawing by © A Krol/Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020
Common Name or Meaning The Peruvian Stelis
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Cusco department of Peru in cloud forests at elevations around 1990 meters as as miniature sized, cool to cold growing, caespitose epiphyte with an erect, terete ramicaul enveloped by 1 to 2 tubular, minutely pilose sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic, obtuse at the apex, mucronate, cuneate below into the .28 to .44" [7 to 11 mm] long, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on an erect, peduncle .8 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm] long, subtended by a narrow spathe .16 to .2" [4 to 5 mm] long, arising through an annulus below the apex of the ramicaul, rachis 2 to 2.8" [5 to 7 cm] long, simultaneously several flowered inflorescence with apex acuminate, minutely pilose, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
"Most similar to Pleurothallis spathuliformis but distinguished by the yellow flowers (vs. white), the shorter .32 versus .48 to .56" (8 vs. 12–14 mm long) lanceolate (vs. narrowly ovate-elliptic) sepals, the shorter .16 versus .22" (4 vs. 5.5 mm long), wider .08 versus .04" (2 vs. 1 mm wide), obovate (vs. narrowly obovate) lip, with irregular margins (vs. margin entire). Damian & Karremans 2016
Synonyms *Stelis peruviana Damian & Karremans 2016
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Syst. Bot. 41: 293 Damian & Karremans 2016
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