Pleurothallis alligatorifera Rchb. f. 1865 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859
Photo courtesy of Richard Korber.
Photo by Dalton Holland Baptista.
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Common Name The Alligator Flower Pleurothallis
Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]
Found in southeastern Brazil as a miniature, warm to cool growing epiphyte with clustered stems carrying a single, apical, erect, leathery leaf and blooms from its base on an erect, to 12" [to 30 cm], slightly fractiflex, and has up to 12 widely spaced flowers ocurring in the spring and summer.
Synonyms Acianthera alligatorifera (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Lepanthes blumenavii Barb.Rodr. 1891; Pabstiella alligatorifera (Rchb.f.) Luer 2007; Pleurothallis blumenavii (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1896; Specklinia alligatorifera (Rchb.f.) F.Barros 1984
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo ok; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Acianthera alligatorifera; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XX Luer 2000; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia alligatorifera; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX Luer 2007 as Pabstiella alligatorifera; Lankesteriana 19(3) 2019 photo fide
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