Pleurothallis depauperata Cogn. 1896 SUBGENUS Acuminatia SECTION Acuminatae Luer 1986
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Common Name The Poor Pleurothallis
Flower Size
Found in Brazil at elevations of 950 to 1000 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with a creeping rhizome giving rise to erect ramicauls enveloped by a single, orange brown sheath and carrying a single, apical, erect, yellow green, narrowly obovate, almost linear, faintly conduplicate, narrowing below into the base leaf that blooms in the spring through fall on 1 to 2, longer than the leaf, 4 to 8" [10 to 12 cm] long, apical, racemose, 2 to 7 flowered inflorescence that has the flowers opening mostly simultaneously.
Said to be a synonym of Pleurothallis linearifolia and has many similaritites to , but at this time I will leave them separate.
CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution.
Synonyms Specklinia depauperata (Cogn.) F. Barros 1984
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XVIII Systematics of Pleurothallis subsection Antenniferae, Longiracemosae, Macrophyllae-Racemosae and Subgenera Pseudsostelis and Acuminata Luer 1999 as Syn of P linearifolia; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia depauperata; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing ok
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