Pleurothallis spectabilis Ames & Scheinf. 1925 SUBGENUS Empusella Luer 1986 Photo by © Adam Karremans
Photo by © Wilfried Löderbusch
Common Name The Spectacular Pleurothallis
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Found in Oaxaca and Chiapas states of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in mixed tropical forests at elevations around 1000 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter
Often cited as a synonym of P endotrachys it is closely related to P dueterodunstervillei, P pfavii, P remotifolia, P juddii, P fulgens, P guanacastensis and P montezumae.
Synonyms Specklinia spectabilis (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Pupulin & Karremans 2012
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Panama L.O. Williams & P Allen 1946 as P spectabilis; LANKESTERIANA 14(2): 115—121. Vega, Cetzal, Mo, Germer and Soler 2014 as Specklnia spectablis photo fide; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Specklnia spectabilis photo fide
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