Pleurothallis pristeoglossa Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Effusae Lindl. 1842

Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista and Orchidstudium

Common Name The Terrible Tongued Pleurothallis

Flower Size

Found in eastern and southeastern Brazil with an erect ramicaul carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong, abute to acute, minutely spotted, cuneate below into the base leaf that blooms on a fractiflex, racemose inflorescence

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms Humboldtia pristeoglossa (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Kuntze 1891; Pabstiella pristeoglossa (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Luer 2007; Specklinia pristeoglossa (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Luer 2004

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1881; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Icones Pleurothallidianrum Vol III Luer 1986; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia pristeoglossa; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX Luer 2007 as Pabstiella pristeoglossa

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