Pleurothallis jamaicensis Rolfe 1909 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscosae Lindl. 1842
Photo by © Ron Parsons
Drawing by © Carl Luer and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
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Common Name The Jamaican Pleurothallis
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Jamaica without locality as a mini-miniature sized, epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 3 to 4, close, ribbed tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse to subacute, minutely erose margins, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the late summer and early fall on a subcongested, pendent, .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm] long including the .2" [5 mm] long peduncle, successively 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence arising at the apex of the ramicaul with an acute floral bract.
Similar species include P sanchezii, P rabei, P dalesandroi, P burzlaffiana and P lewisii
Synonyms Anathallis jamaicensis (Rolfe) Luer 2009; Panmorphia jamaicensis (Rolfe) Luer 2006; Specklinia jamaicensis (Rolfe) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Antillanae Nir 2000; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia jamacensis; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Panmorphia jamacensis drawing fide; Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles Ackerman 2014; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Anathallis aff jamaicensis photo fide
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