Zygosepalum ballii (Rolfe) Garay 1967 Drawing © by Foldats

Common Name Ball's Zygosepalum

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in southeastern Venezuela and northern Brazil awithout elevational data as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with an erect stem enveloped by 4 to 6, tubular, apiculate, finely long scabrous ribbed lepanthiform sheaths and carrying elliptic-ovate to narrowly ovate, acute often tridenticulate, narrowly cuneiform to rounded below into the shortly petioalte base leaf that blooms on a shorter than the leaf, .2 to .5" [5 to 12.5 mm] long, successively single, 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list, IPNI Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Quarta parte Foldats 1970 drawing fide;

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