Phloeophila oricola (H.Stenzel) Luer 2006 TYPE Drawing by © Hagen Stenzel and Systematics and evolution of the genus Pleurothallis R. Br. (Orchidaceae) in the Greater Antilles

Common Name The Coast Dwelling Phloeophila

Flower Size .08" [2 mm]

Found in western Cuba in mesophyllous evergreen rainforests at lower elevations as a mini-miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with very short ramicauls enveloped by 2 scarious, hyaline sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic to slightly oblanceolate, prostrate, acute, shortly mucronate to apiculate, green to greyish green, shortly attenuate below into the base leaf that blooms in the spring on 2, terminal, .1" [2 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a basal ovate bract.

Synonyms Pleurothallis oricola H.Stenzel 2002

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics and evolution of the genus Pleurothallis R. Br. (Orchidaceae) in the Greater Antilles Hagen Stenzel 2004 drawing fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2004 as Phloeophila oricola drawing fide; Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles Ackerman 2014 as Pleurothallis oricola drawing fide; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Acianthera oricola photo fide

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