Pleurothallis saraca-taquerensis [Campacci & Silva] in ed. SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859
Photo by JBL Da Silva/TYPE Drawing By Alex P de Araujo
Common Name The Saraca Taquera Forest Pleurothallis
Flower Size .16" [4 mm]
Found in Para state of Brazil in forests at elevations around 160 meters as a miniature sized, hot growing epiphyte with a thin, erect, terete, longitudinally grooved ramicaul carrying a single, elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous leaf that blooms in the summer on a racemose, much shorter thant he leaf, arising through a spathe, successively 1, to 3 flowered inflorescence carrying campanulate flowers.
Similar to Pleurothallis fockei but differs in ramicaul and lip morphology.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras Novas Especies Vol 12 Campacci & Silva 2016 photo/drawing fide
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